Texas mom wanted for death of little boy, 6, after telling family ‘she sold him to a woman at a grocery store’

A Texas mother is wanted for the murder of her son after family members claimed she told them she had ‘sold him’ to a woman at the grocery store.

Six-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who had disabilities, has not been seen alive since October 2022. Police said that Rodriguez Singh described her son as “evil, possessed, or having a demon in him” in the days leading up to his death.

Almost two years after his disappearance, federal authorities are searching for the boy’s mother, 39-year-old Cindy Rodriguez Singh. The woman allegedly told Noel’s grandmother that she had sold him to a woman she met at the Fiesta Market grocery store.

In March 2023, police carried out a wellness check at the request of family services, who had been told that Noel hadn’t been seen in over a month. Rodriguez Singh reportedly told them that the boy was living with his biological father in Mexico, and had been there since November 2022. Shortly after, police learned from other family members that this was not the truth.

By then, Rodriguez Singh had fled the country with her husband and their six other children. The family flew to India on one-way tickets, police said, and Noel was not on the flight. While carrying out an investigation into the child's disappearance, authorities discovered that Rodriguez-Singh had allegedly worshipped a cult-like folk saint who personifies death. This is popularly thought to favor the activities of violent drug cartels.

In a press conference on Thursday, Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough appealed to the media and public to help with locating the fugitive mother, who is being charged with taking an unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, and capital murder.

“Cindy Rodriguez Singh is wanted for allegedly murdering her own young son,” Agent Yarborough said. "“I am confident that the combination of publicity, significant reward offering, and the team of experienced investigators assembled by the FBI Fort Worth Resident Agency violent crime squad, Everman Police Department, Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office and Texas DPS-Texas Rangers will lead to her arrest. The community of Everman needs justice for Noel.”

They described her as being 5’1” to 5’3” tall, 120 to 140lbs, with medium complexion, tattoos on her back, legs, right arm, right hand and right calf, has brown eyes and hair.

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