Mom, stepdad of missing Everman, Texas boy face child endangerment charge; search continues

Nicole Lopez
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Police in Everman, Texas, are searching for any leads to help them find the remains of 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who hasn’t been seen since fall 2022 and is presumed dead. Noel’s mother left the country with her husband and six other children.

Everman police held a press conference Friday afternoon to give the latest updates on the search for missing 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alverez.

Noel’s mother and stepfather flew from Dallas-Fort Worth to India with six other children last week, two days before an Amber Alert was issued for Noel.

Watch the video here.

Noel has still not been found, but his mother and stepfather are now facing a felony charge of abandonment and endangerment of a child, police said Friday. A warrant was issued Friday and authorities are working to extradite the couple from India back to the U.S.

Police dug up part of a concrete patio on the property where the family lived on Wisteria Drive, but that search did not find anything, they said.

Police said they dug into the patio because they detected an “anomaly” in the concrete. They said they have not found any evidence to indicate that Noel is dead.

Police had planned to share video of the press conference on YouTube but the video wasn’t streaming.

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