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Fort Worth PRO officer Buddy Calzada reads a letter from Everman mayor Ray Richardson during a vigil for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alverez at Clyde Pittman Park, Saturday Oct. 24, 2026, in Everman.<\/p>\n
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Dozens of people gathered at Clyde\u00a0Pittman Park Saturday to honor Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez<\/a>, a 6-year-old Everman boy who was first reported missing<\/a> in 2022 and whose remains were recovered<\/a> earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n The candlelit vigil was coordinated by Everman officials earlier in October. It was positioned near a park city officials named after Noel. Several of the attendees wore light blue, Noel\u2019s favorite color, as they listened to city officials describe a boy who always had a smile on his face and had laughter that lit up a room.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are here this evening because we refuse to let Noel\u2019s memory be discarded,\u201d said Everman Chief of Police Al Brooks, who was part of the search to find Noel. \u201cWe are here to say his life mattered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Programs in both Spanish and English lay on a table during a vigil for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alverez at Clyde Pittman Park, Saturday Oct. 24, 2026, in Everman.<\/p>\n Bob Booth\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n Noel was described in an obituary as a boy who loved playing with toy cars and who was naturally drawn to people. He \u201cnever knew a stranger,\u201d according to his obituary.\u00a0<\/p>\n Noel was 6 when he went missing in October 2022, but his disappearance was not reported until March 2023 after a relative contacted law enforcement. The FBI, Everman police, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s office and other agencies investigated his disappearance for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Timeline: How search for Everman boy Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez unfolded<\/a><\/p>\n After law enforcement began investigating Noel\u2019s case, his mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, fled to India with her husband and six other children. Noel was not with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n She was indicted on a capital murder charge in 2023. After an international search, she was arrested in India in 2025 and extradited to the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n FBI agents and local authorities excavated the family\u2019s former house<\/a> on Wisteria Drive over several days in May this year. They later found remains they determined were Noel\u2019s through dental records, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n His mother was found incompetent to stand trial, and she has undergone treatment at a state hospital.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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