FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Cindy Rodriguez Singh Located in India and Returned to United States
August 21, 2025 - FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock, the Everman Police Department, and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced on August 21 that Cindy Rodriguez Singh has been returned to the United States and is now in custody at the Tarrant County Jail. On July 1, 2025, Rodriguez Singh became the 537th addition to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. She was wanted in Tarrant County, where she faces a capital murder charge in connection with the death of her young son, Noel Alvarez, who hasn’t been seen since October 2022.
On March 20, 2023, at the request of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Everman Police Department officers conducted a welfare check on Noel. During the welfare check interview, Rodriguez Singh lied to officers when she explained that the boy was living with his biological father in Mexico and had been there since November 2022. On March 22, 2023, Rodriguez Singh, her husband, and six other juvenile children boarded an international flight bound for India. The missing child was not present, and did not board the flight. Indian authorities located Rodriguez Singh, and the FBI transferred her back to the United States and into the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office on August 21.
“The return of Cindy Rodriguez Singh from India is a new chapter in the search for answers in the disappearance of Noel Alvarez. This successful outcome resulted from international collaboration between the FBI and our domestic and global partners. It proves, once again, that justice has no borders. We hope that the residents of North Texas can rest a little easier knowing that Rodriguez Singh is in custody in the United States and will now face charges,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge (SAC) R. Joseph Rothrock.
SAC Rothrock would like to thank the government of India, the U.S. Department of State, the FBI's attaché office in New Delhi, the FBI International Operations Division, and the FBI Criminal Investigative Division for their assistance in coordinating the transfer of Rodriguez Singh back to the United States.
The fugitive investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Fort Worth Resident Agency and the Longhorn Violent Crime Task Force. The capital murder investigation is being led by the Everman Police Department and Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, with assistance from the Northeast Tarrant County Child Abduction Response Team, Texas Rangers, and FBI. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services also provided valuable assistance.
The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list was established in March 1950. Since its inception, 537 fugitives have appeared on the list, and 498 have been apprehended or located—many due to tips from citizens. Since its inception, there have been eight fugitives wanted from the North Texas region placed on the list. In addition, five fugitives that have been placed on the list were arrested in the North Texas region. The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. For more information, visit fbi.gov.
Additional information concerning Rodriguez Singh and the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives can be found by visiting the FBI’s website at fbi.gov/wanted/topten.
FBI Dallas
Media Coordinator
media.dallas@fbi.gov
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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