A woman sought by capital murder in the alleged death of her 6 -year -old son was arrested more than two years after she approached a flight from the United States to India, FBI director Kash Patel announced Wednesday.
Cindy Rodríguez Singh, who had been named among the 10 best fugitives most wanted by the FBI, faces charges in Texas for allegedly killing his son, Noel Alvarez, authorities said.
The FBI launched this photo of Cindy Rodríguez Singh.
FBI
Noel had not been seen since October 2022, according to the Everman Police, Texas, where the family lived at that time. He was last seen alive around the birth of his twin sisters, “it seemed unusual and malnourished,” police said.
The Everman Police made a social assistance check for him on March 20, 2023, at the request of the Texas Family and Protection Services Department, according to the FBI. During the welfare control interview, Rodríguez Singh allegedly lied to the officers about Noel’s whereabouts when he said that the child had been living with his biological father in Mexico since November 2022, according to the FBI.
Two days later, she approached a flight to India with her husband and six other children, said the FBI. He was not on Flight Noel, whose mother had requested passports for all her children, except him in November 2022, the local police said.
Noel has never been found and is presumed dead, according to state and federal authorities.
It is not believed that Rodríguez Singh returned to the United States since he approached the flight to India, said the FBI.
Cindy Rodríguez Singh, who was named among the 10 best fugitives, has been arrested.
FBI
She was accused of capital murder of a person under 10 in October 2023 in the Tarrant County District Court, authorities said. A month later, a federal arrest warrant was issued for the illegal flight position to avoid prosecution, said the FBI.
Rodríguez Singh, 40, was aggregate to the list “Ten most wanted fugitives” of the FBI in July. The agency had been offering a reward of up to $ 250,000 for information that led to its arrest and condemnation.
Patel thanked FBI’s local partners in Texas, the Department of Justice and “as well as the partners in India for coordination.” He did not say when or where specifically Rodríguez Singh was arrested.
“This is the fourth fugitive” most wanted “arrested in the last 7 months,” he said in a mail In X. “That is a credit for tremendous field work, partners of application of the law, intelligence agents and an administration that is letting good police do their work.”
Texas Ted Cruz senator He said in x That he is “happy to see Rodríguez Singh being taken back to Texas from India, where he will finally face justice for the alleged heinous crime to kill his son.”
