More searches planned this weekend for Everman boy Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez
TARRANT COUNTY (CBSNewsTexas) — Law enforcement officials are conducting two large-scale searches for Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, 6, this weekend.
"We're looking for some sort of closure we want to find Noel and I'm hopeful that tomorrow we should be able to do that," said Chief Craig Spencer of the Everman Police Department.
It's taken a lot of time to comb through the mountain of data police have uncovered in this case. And now they're using that data to narrow down locations for a search Saturday.
On Friday night, Everman police set up barricades at the Everman Civic Center, which will serve as the command post for search crews.
"We'll have larger search parties this time than we did previously," said Chief Spencer.
Everman police along with Texas Search and Rescue (TEXSAR) will be searching areas in and outside of Everman using drones, human remain-detecting canines, horses and even boats if need be.
"We wanted to make sure before we rescheduled [that] these ground searches had solid data to go off of, and that we were allocating resources appropriately and using that data to our advantage to make sure that we were properly searching certain areas," Chief Spencer said.
Last weekend's search for the boy were called off as authorities focused on data analysis.
Chief Spencer said investigators have now pinpointed more targeted areas to search thanks to data they collected in search warrants for the boy's parents, Cindy and Arshdeep Singh.
The exact locations, though, won't be released until Saturday morning in order to protect the integrity of the investigation.
Noel was reported missing last month, and his family said they haven't seen the child since last November. An AMBER Alert was issued for him on March 25.
About two weeks later, authorities transitioned the case into a death investigation, after concluding Noel was deceased.
The international search for Noel's mother and stepfather continues after they fled to India with six other children several days prior to the alert. Both face charges of endangering and abandoning a child.
"The true best thing to be able to do right now is to continue to pray and offer those words of encouragement and support," said Chief Spencer.
But the department is still hoping for new tips from the public.
"We certainly believe that somebody out there knows something on this case," Chief Spencer said. "We just have not gotten that one tip that's gonna break this case wide open for us."
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call police at 817-293-2923.