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Parents of children from Camp Mystic catastrophe flood testify
On Wednesday, several parents of children who died at Camp Mystic after a catastrophic flood on July 4 sat before a Texas state Senate committee and called for stronger safety standards at youth camps in Texas.
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FBI arrests Cindy Rodriguez Singh in India for North Texas murder of her son
The FBI announced Wednesday the arrest of a North Texas woman wanted for the 2022 murder of her 6-year-old son, after locating her in India. Cindy Rodriguez Singh was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list after she fled the country in March 2023, authorities said. The agency had previously offered a $25,000 reward for her capture, which was later increased to $250,000. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest in a post on X, saying Rodriguez Singh is the fourth fugitive on the Ten Most Wanted list to be arrested in the past seven months. "That's a credit to tremendous field work, law enforcement partners, intelligence operatives, and an administration who is letting good cops do their jobs," Patel wrote. He praised law enforcement partners in Texas, New York, and India for their coordination in the case. In October 2023, a Tarrant County grand jury indicted Rodriguez Singh on capital murder and additional charges related to her son's disappearance. Noel Rodriguez Alvarez was last seen in October 2022, but his family did not report him missing until March 2023. An Amber Alert was issued on March 25 of that year. Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said the FBI had teams working continuously with international partners to locate Rodriguez Singh. Her husband, Arshdeep Singh, had purchased one-way plane tickets to India for Rodriguez Singh and her other children just days after Noel Rodriguez Alvarez was reported missing, according to law enforcement. "The work on this case has never stopped," Spencer said. "It means a lot to our community." He added that the primary goal now is to seek justice for the little boy. "There have been many failures with this child, starting with this family... which is why we're here today to seek justice on those failures," Spencer added. Witnesses told police Rodriguez Singh had been abusive toward the boy and referred to him as "evil" or "possessed." She reportedly did not want him near her other children due to his intellectual disabilities. In November 2023, the City of Everman honored Noel Rodriguez Alvarez with a new inclusive park, more than a year after his disappearance.
New York Times
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Camp Mystic Parents Demand Changes Before More Children Are Lost
Cici Williams Steward told a panel of Texas legislators on Wednesday of the moment she shared the news with her 5-year-old daughter just days before kindergarten was to start: her big sister, 8-year-old Cile, was not coming back from Camp Mystic. 'She needed to hear the unbearable truth from us, not from kids on the playground,' said Ms. Steward, the mother of the last camper still missing from a children's sleep-away retreat devastated by the July 4 floods in Texas Hill Country. 'We are forced to pray for the day when our child's body is found, and to call that good news,' she told committee members considering a new state law to strengthen safety protocols in camp sites and other flood prone areas. 'My baby girl is still missing.' Ms. Steward's testimony marked the first time parents of the campers testified in a public forum since the floods that ravaged the Texas Hill Country, known for its summer camps, vacation homes, campsites and RV parks. And they offered lawmakers and emotional assessment of the region's preparations for such a catastrophic flood. 'Training should prepare staff and campers to act, not to wait,' said Matthew Childress, whose camp-counselor daughter, Chloe, 18, died trying to protect young girls under her care. 'There needs to be better coordination with local first responders, because in an emergency, confusion kills, and we saw that on July 4.' Nearly all of Camp Mystic's victims were confined to two cabins near the Guadalupe River, and more than a dozen parents of the victims recounted the moments they had to enter a morgue to identify their children's bodies. They pleaded with members of a State Senate committee to approve legislation that would improve flood warning systems, bolster internet communication, improve training and supply rescue equipment such as ladders. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
