One of FBI’s most wanted fugitives held in India after global hunt

40-year-old mother is accused of murdering her six-year-old son, Rodriguez Alvarez

- BY STEPHEN N. R.

For nearly two years, Cindy Rodriguez Singh evaded justice, hiding across borders in a desperate attempt to escape accountability for a crime that shook an entire community.

The 40-year-old mother, accused of murdering her six-year-old son, Noel Rodriguez Alvarez, was one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.” Now, after a coordinated international manhunt, Singh has been captured in India and brought back to the United States to face trial.

The tragic case of Noel Alvarez began unfolding in 2022. Noel, a little boy suffering from chronic lung disease and dependent on oxygen therapy, disappeared from his Texas home in October that year.

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