A hard-sought Texas fugitive has been brought to justice after years on the run, FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday.

Cindy Rodriguez Singh, aged 40, is the mother of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, a 6-year-old boy with disabilities from Everman, a suburb of Fort Worth, who vanished without a trace in the fall of 2022. The child was last seen alive in October of that year and has been presumed dead for some time.

“Singh is wanted on state charges for the murder of her six-year-old son,” Patel announced in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). “She faces charges of Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution and Capital Murder of a child under 10 years of age.”

This arrest comes less than a month after Singh was placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list, becoming the 537th individual to join that notorious list.

Patel did not disclose when or where the elusive suspect was finally captured. Singh was widely believed to be hiding abroad, likely in India, based on the known details of her family’s international departure back in March 2023.

The FBI director did say, however, that authorities believe the accused “has not been back to the United States since” the flight to India.

Since November 2022, several witnesses provided authorities with varying accounts — all reportedly from Noel’s mother — suggesting different explanations for her beloved and troubled son’s whereabouts. These stories and the family’s actions drew law enforcement attention, though charges were filed significantly later.

Then the family left the country.

Authorities discovered that Rodriguez-Singh boarded an international flight with a stopover in Turkey, ultimately heading to India, just two days before an Amber Alert was issued for Noel. Accompanying her on the flight were her six other children and her current husband, Arshdeep Singh, according to officials.

Several theories – such as human trafficking – supported the notion that the boy was still alive; however, those avenues of inquiry were quickly discarded and replaced by the conviction that he was killed by his mother.

Noel’s body has yet to be found. The cause of his presumed death is not ripe for discussion; a potential motive is similarly elusive – though occult-oriented explanations may feature in a criminal trial. Overall, physical evidence in the case has been nil to nonexistent – at least in terms of what has been shared up to the point of Singh’s capture.

Noel suffered from a host of ailments that required attention and patience. He had not been seen for months by the extended family at the time law enforcement became involved. When initially contacted by police about her vanished son, Rodriguez-Singh said the child had been living with his biological father in Mexico since November 2022. Detectives later learned that was not true; the boy’s father had been deported before he ever had a chance to meet his son.

Eventually, all signs pointed to intentional homicide.

Cindy Rodriguez Singh’s wanted poster – as amended after her arrest (FBI).

“Singh was charged in October 2023 in the District Court of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, and in November [2023], authorities issued a federal arrest warrant for the charge of Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution,” Patel noted on Wednesday.

Singh was also indicted on one count of abandoning a child without intent to return by Lone Star State law enforcement, Law&Crime previously reported.

Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer has, for years, doggedly pursued the now international case that originated in the small town, located roughly 12 miles due south of Fort Worth.

The police chief praised Singh’s inclusion on the FBI’s list at the time, in comments to Law&Crime.

“Noel deserves justice,” he said. “His story deserves resolution.”

With her arrest, the FBI has started that process.

Singh’s apprehension also marks the fourth person on the “10 Most Wanted” list to be arrested in the past seven months, Patel said.