{"id":295367,"date":"2026-05-16T01:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295367\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:23:08","slug":"mother-charged-in-murder-of-6-year-old-noel-rodriguez-alvarez-halts-cbs-news-texas-jail-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295367\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother charged in murder of 6\u2011year\u2011old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez halts CBS News Texas jail interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since her arrest, \u00a0Cindy Rodriguez Singh<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 the North Texas mother\u00a0charged with murdering her 6\u2011year\u2011old son<\/a> \u2013 agreed to speak with CBS News Texas. It happened on the same day the Tarrant County Medical Examiner confirmed that recently discovered remains belonged to her child<\/a>, ending a months\u2011long search.<\/p>\n

But within seconds of sitting down inside the Tarrant County Jail on Friday, the conversation took an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez Singh appeared behind the thick visitation glass, just feet away, seemingly prepared to talk. But as we were setting up a microphone, she abruptly said she wanted her attorney present.<\/p>\n

“My attorney\u2026 my attorney should be present,” she told me.<\/p>\n

When I asked whether she had spoken with him, she said she had \u2013 “a few days ago, before all this.”<\/p>\n

Neither jail staff nor our team had been told she required her attorney to be in the room, so we immediately began trying to reach him.<\/p>\n

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CBS News Texas anchor Doug Dunbar attempts to interview Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the mother charged with murder in connection with the death of her 6-year-old son.<\/p>\n

CBS News Texas<\/p>\n

Attempts to reach her attorney<\/p>\n

For the next 45 minutes, phones rang across the jail and in our newsroom as everyone tried to reach her attorney, Bob Gill.<\/p>\n

I left him a voicemail: “Cindy Singh has told us she would like to speak with us, and as we were gathering, she said she wanted you in the room. Everyone is trying to get a hold of you to honor that request.”<\/p>\n

But without Gill’s confirmation, it became unclear whether she would continue the interview.<\/p>\n

A definitive answer<\/p>\n

Less than an hour after my first face\u2011to\u2011face encounter with her, Gill finally returned the call.<\/p>\n

His message was brief: “I am not going to authorize you to talk to her.”<\/p>\n

He confirmed that while Rodriguez Singh had expressed interest in speaking, he would not permit the interview, with or without his presence.<\/p>\n

We honored that decision.<\/p>\n

A day of new developments<\/p>\n

The attempted interview came on the same day the Tarrant County Medical Examiner positively identified the remains of her son, ending a months\u2011long search and confirming the community’s worst fears.<\/p>\n

What Rodriguez Singh hoped to say \u2013 whether to defend herself, explain her actions, or offer any insight into the case \u2013 remains unknown.<\/p>\n

Officials call discovery years in the making<\/p>\n

The interview attempt followed Everman Police Chief Al Brooks’ announcement that the remains were found during a renewed search of the Wisteria Drive property. They have been turned over to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office for a full forensic examination.<\/p>\n

Brooks said the discovery is the result of a years\u2011long investigation in which law enforcement “refused to give up on Noel.” Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells echoed that message, saying investigators “will not stop working for justice for him.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez Singh was charged with capital murder last year<\/a> after investigators concluded Noel had not been seen since October 2022 \u2013 months before his family reported him missing in March 2023.<\/p>\n

Mother ruled incompetent for trial<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a judge ruled her incompetent to stand trial, and she is awaiting transfer to a state hospital for treatment. She has remained in custody since being returned to Texas after\u00a0leaving the country with her husband and six other children in 2023<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Noel’s disappearance triggered a wide\u2011ranging investigation that included multiple searches of the family’s former home. Cadaver dogs had previously alerted to the scent of human remains in the backyard, but earlier searches did not uncover a body.<\/p>\n

Renewed search brings major development<\/p>\n

This week’s renewed search – led by the FBI, Everman police, and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office – involved heavy machinery, hand\u2011digging, and forensic sifting.<\/p>\n

Officials have not disclosed what new information led them back to the property or what specifically prompted the latest excavation.<\/p>\n

As the medical examiner continues its work, Friday’s attempted interview came at a pivotal moment in a case that has drawn national attention and raised painful questions about how a child could disappear without notice for months.<\/p>\n

\n

Doug Myers<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

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