New details have emerged in the complex death investigation of the missing 6-year-old from Everman, Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez.
Police now believe the missing boy’s stepfather, Arshdeep Singh, stole $10,000 from his employer before he and his wife, Rodriguez-Alvarez’s mother, Cindy Singh, fled to India via a flight from DFW Airport.
The Singhs are being investigated by the FBI and other federal authorities at the Department of Homeland Security, who are attempting to find the couple and extradite them from India.
The Singhs face felony charges connected to the disappearance of Rodriguez-Alvarez.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said Arshdeep Singh worked as a delivery driver, supplying products to local convenience stores.
Spencer said officials believe Singh stole $10,000 in cash from a safe and then forged documents to hide the act from his employer in the hours before he used a credit card to book one-way flights to India for himself, Cindy Singh, and her six other children.
Spencer added that the police had narrowed their timeline for the boy’s disappearance to the last week of October 2022, when family members last reported seeing Rodriguez-Alvarez. Cindy Singh began applying for passports for her immediate family on November 1. Rodriguez-Alvarez was not included in those preparations, officials confirmed.
In addition to the charges of felony child abandonment and endangerment that both Singhs face, Arshdeep was charged with one count of theft.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Everman Police recently partnered with TEXSAR volunteers to search over 200 acres near the home in Everman where the Singhs lived.
Police also uncovered evidence that Cindy Singh follows a religion associated closely with Mexican drug cartels. Singh displayed a collection of icons of Santa Muerte, or Lady of Holy Death, in her house and now-abandoned vehicle.
This revelation tracked with reports that she believed a demon possessed her child.
Police have not released additional information on the search for the Singh family in India, stating that the extradition effort is the responsibility of their federal partners.
In nearby Dallas, crimes against children are a continuing problem. According to the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard, 10 of the city’s 93 murder victims this year were children under the age of 18. Of the 196 sex crimes reported in the city so far this year, 132 — 67% — were perpetrated against children.
