Cindy Rodriguez Singh, FBI Most Wanted Fugitive, arrested in India after global hunt
She is accused of killing her son with chronic lung condition, returned to US
Dubai: 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.
His mother, Singh, gave conflicting stories about his whereabouts — claiming at one point that he was with his biological father in Mexico. In March 2023, authorities in Everman, Texas, conducted a welfare check, only to find Noel missing.
Two days later, Singh, her Indian-origin husband Arshdeep Singh, and six of her other children boarded a flight to India. Noel was not with them.
As investigators dug deeper, a disturbing picture emerged. Witnesses told authorities that Singh had described her son as “evil” or even “possessed.”
She reportedly feared he would harm her newborn twins. Allegations of abuse piled up — starvation, denial of water, physical assault. One chilling account claimed Singh struck Noel with keys when he tried to take a drink. At another point, she allegedly told someone she had “sold” him.
By October 2023, Singh was formally charged with capital murder in Tarrant County, Texas. A federal arrest warrant followed soon after, citing Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution.
INTERPOL issued a Red Notice in October 2024, intensifying the global hunt. The FBI added Singh to its “Ten Most Wanted” list in July 2025, dramatically raising the reward for information leading to her capture from $25,000 to $250,000.
The breakthrough finally came in August 2025. Working in tandem with Indian authorities and INTERPOL, the FBI tracked Singh to a location in India. The arrest marked the fourth successful capture of a fugitive from the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list in just seven months.
How she was arrested
Singh fled Texas in March 2023, boarding a flight to India with her husband and six children.
INTERPOL issued a Red Notice in October 2024, alerting global agencies.
The FBI placed her on its “Ten Most Wanted” list in July 2025, increasing the reward to $250,000.
In August 2025, FBI, INTERPOL, and Indian authorities carried out a joint operation in India to apprehend her.
Singh has since been transported to the United States and handed over to Texas officials.
Following her arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel emphasized the significance of the capture:
“The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list is for cases like this one—where a violent fugitive believed she could flee, hide abroad, and avoid the reach of justice. Thanks to tireless FBI efforts and our global cooperation, Cindy Singh is back in America to stand accountable for the cruel killing of her own child.”
For the first time in the history of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list, a mother has been charged with murdering her own child. It is a dark milestone in the annals of American crime—yet one that underscores an unrelenting truth: justice, no matter how far one runs, will always follow.
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