The FBI in Dallas is offering a reward for a worldwide search for Cindy Singh, the mother of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, a 6-year-old disabled boy who has been missing since October 2022 and is now presumed dead.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough of Dallas said Thursday that the FBI issued an Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP) warrant against Cindy Rodriguez Singh several months ago. and has now offered a reward of $25,000, which will hopefully lead to further information and help the authorities in their search for her.
“Cindy Rodriguez Singh is wanted for the suspected murder of her own young son. I am confident that the combination of publicity, a substantial reward and the team of experienced investigators we have assembled… will lead to her arrest,” Yarbrough said. “The community of Everman needs justice for Noel.”
Singh is believed to have been in India with her husband, Arshdeep, and their six other children. Everman police have been working with federal partners since spring 2023 to locate the boy's mother and stepfather and bring them back to Texas.
The FBI said Singh, who has ties to both India and Mexico, is 39 years old and 5 feet 1 inch tall. She weighs between 120 and 140 pounds and has medium skin tone with tattoos on her back, both legs, right arm, right hand and right calf. She has brown eyes and brown hair.
“The immediate arrest of Cindy Rodriguez Singh is incredibly important in the interest of justice, the safety of our communities, and the safety of the other children in her care,” said Everman Police Chief CW Spencer.
Anyone with information about Cindy Rodriguez Singh that could help investigators locate her is asked to call the FBI Dallas Field Office at 972-559-5000. Tips can also be submitted online at
THE SEARCH FOR NOEL RODRIGUEZ-ALVAREZ
Following a tip in March 2023, Everman Police began investigating the welfare of 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez.
A few days after the investigation began, police learned that Cindy Singh and the rest of the boy's family had suddenly left the country. Investigators said that a day before the family's departure, the couple used a credit card to buy one-way plane tickets to India for the boy's stepfather, mother and siblings.
In April 2023, cadaver dogs assisting investigators at the child's Wisteria Drive home alerted to a discarded carpet and topsoil beneath a recently poured concrete porch at the family's rented home. The “alert,” police said, indicated that human remains had been present at some point in the past; however, no physical evidence was found that could be examined and identified.
In the spring of 2023, investigators said they believed Noel was dead after finding no evidence to support claims or rumors that he was either living with family members abroad or had been sold to a woman outside a local grocery store.
Singh was charged in October 2023 with four counts, including capital crimes, two counts of assault on a child and abandoning a child without intent to return.
