Parents of missing 6-year-old Texas boy might have fled to India: Police

The couple is believed to have left the nation sooner than arrest warrants for abandoning or endangering a child had been issued. The boy is missing since closing yr. 

New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 10, 2023 18:00 IST

The boy is missing since closing yr, the police talked about (Everman Emergency Services)

By India Today World Desk: The mom and father of a missing 6-year-old Texas boy might have fled to India after a look for him turned into a lack of life investigation closing week. The FBI has joined completely different federal companies to extradite the couple once more to the US.

The couple – Cindy Rodriguez-Singh and her husband Arshdeep Singh – is believed to have left the nation sooner than arrest warrants for abandoning or endangering a child – a second-degree felony throughout the US’s Lone Star state, had been issued. Cindy’s child, Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, is missing since closing yr.

“On November 1, 2022, Cindy obtained passport photographs for all of the children living with her, expect for Noel,” the police talked about, together with that Cindy utilized for passports the next day.

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A toddler with specific needs, Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, was closing seen late October or early November closing yr after his twin sisters had been born, the police talked about at a press briefing. He was thought-about certainly one of Cindy’s ten children and lived alongside together with his mother, stepfather – Arshdeep Singh, and his seven siblings in a shed in a suburb of Fort Worth in Texas. The completely different three siblings lived with their grandparents.

Noel’s dwelling had an altar to Santa Muerte, or Saint Death – a female cult decide denounced by the Catholic Church nevertheless in fashion with drug cartel members, the police talked about.

Investigators have now concluded that Noel might be going lifeless after disproving a lot of lies by Rodriquez-Singh about Noel’s whereabouts, the police talked about.

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Cindy, who believed Noel was possessed by a demon, was acknowledged by household to be abusive and neglectful to him, the police talked about, together with, “One relative witnessed Cindy strike Noel in the face with keys for drinking water.”

According to the authorities, Noel was prematurely born and had a lot of bodily disabilities and developmental issues. Cindy had an “extensive criminal history” and was the subject of a earlier investigation by the Child Protective Services, they talked about.

Search teams proceed to scour wooded areas throughout the boy’s neighbourhood for his stays. The group plans to hold a vigil for Noel in the intervening time.

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Apr 10, 2023