Police, FBI search for 6-year-old missing Everman boy's remains behind home
Officials continue search for missing 6-year-old's remains
Several law enforcement agencies searched for the remains of a still-missing 6-year-old boy in Everman at the house he once lived at on Tuesday. FOX 4's Amelia Jones has more.
EVERMAN, Texas - Local law enforcement officers and the FBI searched behind a home in Everman for the remains of 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez Alvarez.
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What we know:
Images from SKY 4 on Tuesday afternoon showed FBI agents digging and sifting through the dirt outside Noel's former home in the 3700 block of Wisteria Drive in Everman.
Everman Police Chief Al Brooks said the search is a joint effort between his department, the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, and the FBI. He confirmed it's linked to the little boy’s disappearance, but said it's just another part of the investigative process.
Search for Noel Rodriguez Alvarez resumes in Everman
FBI agents began digging in the yard of a home where 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez Alvarez lived with his family before he disappeared in 2022. The little boy is presumed dead, but his body still has not been found. His fugitive mother was brought back from India last year on a capital murder charge. Last month, she was found incompetent to stand trial.
Chief Brooks said there were no new leads or information that brought them back to this location.
"Not a lot of new information to share at this point. It's an ongoing continuation to seek justice for Noel. That's what this has been about since day one, and it continues today," he said.
This is the same property where Noel lived with his mother, stepfather, and six of his nine siblings. It's previously been searched. However, this operation seems to be very thorough and methodical.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office also confirmed it was asked to be on standby at the location at the request of the investigating law enforcement agencies.
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The backstory:
Noel’s mother, Cindy Rodriguez Singh, is charged with capital murder for his disappearance.
The 6-year-old was last seen alive in the fall of 2022. However, police in his hometown of Everman weren’t made aware of his disappearance until March of 2023.
Noel Rodriguez Alvarez
That’s when an extended relative reported him missing and police and Child Protective Services were called to the then 6-year-old’s home.
Police said Noel's mother lied to investigators and told them he was living with his biological father in Mexico.
Two days later, Rodriguez Singh, her husband, and Noel's six siblings left the country on a flight to India. Noel was not on that flight.
Singh was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list and was captured in India in August.
Noel Rodriguez Alvarez's mother ruled incompetent for murder trial, ordered to state hospital
A Tarrant County judge ruled that Cindy Rodriguez Singh is incompetent to stand trial for the capital murder of her 6-year-old son, Noel Rodriguez Alvarez. She'll be moved to a state mental facility.
Last month, a Tarrant County judge determined that she was incompetent to stand trial and she was sent to a state mental facility.
Her hearing for the parental rights of her other children is not expected to happen until she can attend.
Her surviving children are now with family in the United States.
Noel is presumed dead, but his remains were never found.
What they're saying:
"It's sad, it's very, very sad," said Porschia Taylor Inocente, a neighbor who lives one street over from where authorities were searching.
It's taken so long and they're digging in the same spot they've already dug in before. So nothing is going to impress me until they find him."
Weldon Gaither, another neighbor, had a straightforward message for Rodriguez Sing: "Don't hide....just come forth and say what you did with him."
The Source: The information in this story comes from the SKY 4 helicopter, Everman Police Department, and past news coverage.