The search is still underway for missing 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez from out of Everman, Texas.
Cantarino Rodriguez, the brother of the boy’s mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, told police that Rodriguez-Singh told her mother she had sold the child to an unknown woman at a Fiesta Market, according to a newly acquired search warrant.
Rodriguez told police Cindy later claimed that she could not contact the female over fear of being reported to CPS, according to the warrant.
During a news conference on March 27, Everman police chief Craig Spencer addressed rumors of the boy being sold.
“We have no evidence to support this rumor,” said Spencer. “If that is the case, your participation in this and keeping this kids face out front and center where people can see him on a day-to-day basis is highly important. He could be anywhere.”
After an AMBER Alert was issued for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez on Saturday, investigators found his family’s truck parked in a garage at DFW International Airport.
On Wednesday evening, Everman police restated that investigators have not found any evidence to support that Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez was sold.
According to the search warrant, Cantarino Rodriguez also claims during a visit approximately a year earlier Cindy told him not to give Noel water because she did not want to clean up his dirty diaper. He also claimed he saw Cindy strike the boy with her car keys.
Police say the last time they can prove that Noel was seen was in November 2022.
A felony warrant was issued for the missing boy’s mother and her husband, who are believed to be in India with six other children, after police said she gave them false information regarding her son’s whereabouts.
Last Friday, police searched a freshly-poured concrete porch at the property where the family had been living.
Nothing was discovered.
An AMBER Alert was issued for the 6-year-old last month.
The alert was discontinued, and an Endangered Missing Persons Report was issued for Noel.
Investigators say the boy has both physical and developmental challenges.
Everman police are expected to hold a news conference on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. CST about the investigation.
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