Human Remains Found On Texas Property Are Those Of Missing 6-year-old Boy

Human remains recovered astatine a Texas spot this week have been confirmed to beryllium those of a missing boy past seen successful 2022, nan Tarrant County territory lawyer said Friday.

The recognition of nan remains recovered successful nan municipality of Everman connected Thursday is confirmation of nan sad destiny of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who was 6 years old.

The boy’s mother, Cindy Rodriguez Singh, is charged pinch superior murder. She went to India 2 days aft Everman constabulary tried to behaviour a use check. She was apprehended location successful August, months aft she was placed connected nan FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, and brought backmost to Texas.

Police announced a hunt for Noel successful April 2023 and said that nan boy had not been seen by immoderate extended family members since October 2022.

Everman constabulary visited nan family’s location connected March 20, 2023, aft nan Texas Department of Family and Protective Services requested a use check, constabulary said.

At nan time, nan mother told officers Noel was staying pinch family successful Mexico, which Everman’s then-Police Chief Craig Spencer has said was later wished to beryllium untrue.

Two days later, Rodriguez Singh, her hubby and six of her children sewage connected a level bound for India, constabulary said. Noel was not pinch them.

Rodriguez Singh was charged successful absentia successful October 2023 pinch a authorities count of superior murder.

She was being held astatine nan Lon Evans Corrections Center successful Fort Worth, according to region jailhouse records.

An FBI grounds consequence squad extracurricular nan location successful Everman, Texas, connected Tuesday.Elías Valverde II / The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images

Her lawsuit did not look to beryllium successful online Tarrant County tribunal records Friday night, and it was not instantly clear if she had an lawyer who could speak connected her behalf.

Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells said Thursday erstwhile remains were recovered that a scientist recovered Rodriguez Singh not competent to guidelines trial, but that it was it was expected her competency could beryllium restored. He said she will guidelines trial.

Sorrells said successful a video connection Friday that nan region aesculapian examiner’s agency confirmed that nan remains recovered astatine nan family’s erstwhile location are those of nan child.

“Here astatine nan territory attorney’s office, we will proceed to activity justness for Noel,” Sorrells said Friday. “We beryllium that to him and to nan citizens of Tarrant County.”

Sorrels’ connection did not disclose nan origin and mode of death. Dental records were utilized to place nan remains, he said.

Everman is simply a metropolis of astir 6,100 wrong nan Fort Worth area, astir 8 miles southbound of downtown Fort Worth.