Missing Texas boy’s Indian stepfather stole USD 10,000 before fleeing to India with wife, 6 kids

Missing Texas boy’s Indian stepfather stole USD 10,000 before fleeing to India with wife, 6 kids

Houston: The Indian-American stepfather of a missing six-year-old boy, who is presumed dead, faces another charge that he stole USD 10,000 in cash from his employer before fleeing to India with his wife and her six children last month, police in the US state of Texas have said.Arshdeep Singh and his wife have been charged with felony apart from child abandonment and endangerment in the missing boy’s case, Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said on Tuesday.

“We want these fugitives arrested and extradited to the United States so that we can seek answers for the disappearance of Noel,” Spencer said.

Spencer said they were reliant upon federal officials to work with international partners to locate and extradite Cindy Singh and her husband Arshdeep Singh.

Police released several new details on Tuesday in the investigation into the search for Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who appeared malnourished and unhealthy the last time he was seen alive in October 2022, according to extended family members.

Following a tip, the Everman Police began looking into Noel’s welfare in March and within days the police said his mother and stepfather had left the country.

Spencer said the investigators had now added a felony theft charge for the missing boy’s stepfather Arshdeep Singh.

According to Spencer, Arshdeep Singh delivered products to convenience stores and hours before leaving the country last month he allegedly forged documents to hide the theft of USD 10,000 in cash from his employer.

Spencer said the investigators looking into a large deposit alerted the company to the altered document and missing money.

The police confirmed the boy’s family used a credit card to buy one-way airline tickets to India for Arshdeep Singh, Cindy Singh, as well as her six children the day before they left the country.