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Missing Texas boy lived in filthy shed with ‘death altar’: report
A lacking Texas boy who was the topic of an Amber Alert almost per week in the past had been dwelling in a grimy shack that included an altar to dying, in response to media experiences.
Video of the squalor, obtained by Dallas’ Fox station, reveals a shed filled with meals, private belongings and two beds the place 9 individuals — together with Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, 6, lived.
Contained in the Everman, Texas, shed the place the kid was final seen there’s an altar to Santa Muerte, or Saint Dying — a feminine cult determine that personifies dying in Mexico.
Santa Muerte has been denounced by the Catholic Church however has grown in reputation not too long ago — significantly with members of the Gulf, Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels, the DEA stated.
“With a globe in a single hand and a jeweled sickle within the different, the statue’s symbolism of non-public empowerment and terror appeals to drug sellers,” the company said.
Investigators together with the FBI, who was requested to help native forces within the small city south of Fort Value, have been seen coming and going from the shed this week with paperwork and different items of proof.
An Amber Alert was issued for Noel on Saturday, after police and youngster protecting providers have been tipped off by relations who claimed they hadn’t seen the boy — described as having bodily and developmental challenges in months. His mom is believed to have left the nation.
“He was born at 25 weeks, and subsequently, has a variety of bodily disabilities and developmental issues,” Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer instructed WFAA.
“He suffers from social dysfunction…and has continual lung illness, which has required him to be on oxygen at sure factors of time.”
Previous to the Amber Alert being issued, the boys’ mom, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, 37, was contacted by police and youngster protecting providers. When requested about Noel’s whereabouts, she instructed investigators he was in Mexico, staying along with his organic father. Nonetheless authorities later realized the boy’s father by no means met the boy, as he had been deported from the US earlier than he was born.
When investigators tried reaching out to Noel’s siblings, they realized the kids had been pulled from college.
Earlier than authorities might make contact with Rodriguez-Singh once more, she boarded a aircraft with six of her youngsters and their stepfather. Noel was not on the flight, Everman police instructed Fox. Authorities imagine they flew to Turkey, earlier than making their option to India — the place Rodriguez-Singh’s present husband is from.
The dingy shed is situated behind the house of Charles Parson, 71. He instructed an area station he met Rodriguez-Singh at a grocery retailer almost a decade in the past and provided two spare rooms in his house for the reason that single mother was “going by way of a tough patch.”
Finally she moved into the shed as she had extra children — with a complete of ten. Three of them reside with their grandparents.
“They’re scared they’re going to get in hassle with the legislation,” Parson defined. “They’re afraid they could have accomplished one thing fallacious.”
The person, who thought-about himself Noel’s godfather, believes the boy’s mother didn’t harm him and that the kid remains to be alive.
“I do know her,” he provided as proof.
In the meantime, police have issued an arrest warrant for Rodriguez-Singh and plan to cost her for making false experiences to a police officer concerning a lacking particular person, and for violating her probation in an unrelated case.
Police describe her as having an “intensive legal historical past” and defined she was the topic of a earlier Youngster Protecting Providers investigation.
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Former Colorado defensive end Dayon Hayes transfers to Texas A&M
Former Colorado Buffaloes defensive end Dayon Hayes is set to continue his collegiate career at Texas A&M after transferring following a season-ending injury. Hayes, a 6-foot-3, 265-pound defender, began his journey at Pitt, where he played from 2020 to 2023, accumulating 13 sacks and 80 tackles over four seasons.
At Pitt, Hayes showcased his potential in his sophomore and junior years, logging around 500 combined snaps and producing 30 pressures. His breakout came in 2023 when he amassed 44 pressures and a 13% pass rush win rate, ranking 12th in the ACC. Hayes also demonstrated solid run defense, posting an average tackle depth of 1.6 yards and recording 10.5 stops for loss. His ability to set the edge and prevent runners from escaping outside made him a critical piece of Pitt’s defense.
Following his success at Pitt, Hayes transferred to Colorado as a highly sought-after addition to Deion Sanders’ revamped Buffaloes roster. He made an immediate impact, registering two sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss in Colorado’s first three games. However, his promising start was cut short by a knee injury in the fourth game, sidelining him for the rest of the season.
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Despite the setback, Hayes’ strong early performance likely earned him a medical redshirt, granting him another year of eligibility. With his final collegiate season on the horizon, Hayes opted to join Texas A&M, bringing his pass-rushing skills to the SEC. The Aggies, coming off an eight-win season, are set to face USC in the Las Vegas Bowl. Hayes’ ability to pressure quarterbacks and defend the run should bolster Texas A&M’s defensive front, adding experience and depth to their edge rotation for the 2024 season.
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D-FW can claim Texas’ best high school football team in an otherwise down year for Dallas
ARLINGTON — North Crowley showed out on Saturday in its dazzling 50-21 victory over Austin Westlake in the 6A Division I state title game, winning the program’s second state championship and putting Fort Worth high school football on the map in front of 36,120 fans at AT&T Stadium.
Until North Crowley took the field at 7:30 p.m., there was a possibility the Dallas-Fort Worth area might boast only one state champion in 2024. Celina routed Kilgore 55-21 in the 4A Division I state championship to capture the program’s ninth state title and its first under coach Bill Elliott.
But North Texas teams came up short in the next three title games, the region’s worst showing at state since 2021, when South Oak Cliff became the first Dallas ISD school to win a recognized state championship since 1958, but Denton Guyer and Duncanville fell in the 6A state championship games.
Two-time state champion South Oak Cliff missed a last-second field goal, falling 38-35 to third-year program Richmond Randle in the 5A Division II state title game Friday night. It was SOC’s second straight loss in the state championship game.
“The future is still bright,” South Oak Cliff coach Jason Todd said. “We just gotta find out what’s going to get us over this hump.”
Smithson Valley, from the San Antonio area, topped Highland Park 32-20 as the six-time state champion faded in the second half of the 5A Division I state title game Saturday afternoon.
In the second game of the day, eight-time state champion Southlake Carroll extended its title drought to 13 years with a 24-17 loss to Austin Vandegrift in the 6A Division II game.
“It’ll happen one day. I’m excited about what the future holds,” said Carroll coach Riley Dodge, who fell to 0-2 in state title games as a coach.
The Dallas area claimed three football state champions in 2023 with Anna winning the 4A Division I state title and Duncanville and DeSoto sweeping the 6A Division I and II state championships, respectively. The southern Dallas County schools also swept the 6A state championships in 2022, when South Oak Cliff won its second straight 5A Division II state title.
But this year, the rest of Texas didn’t let the Dallas area, a high school football mecca, run the table. Teams from each of the state’s major metros — Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio —- won a title in each division of the UIL’s two highest classifications.
Even before this week’s state championship games, 2024 seemed to mark a changing of the guard. Neither Duncanville, DeSoto nor Houston-area power Galena Park North Shore made it to AT&T Stadium this year. Nor did 12-time UIL state champion Aledo, the juggernaut west of Fort Worth that had won the last two 5A Division I state championships.
But North Crowley did, after knocking off both DeSoto and Duncanville this season. North Texas might not have dominated the competition as it has in recent years, but for a third straight season, the king of 6A reigns in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“When you get to this point, there’s only one team that’s standing that’s hoisting the trophy. And fortunately for us, this year it’s us and we just happen to be from 817,” North Crowley coach Ray Gates said. “We’re elated to be able to bring that type of recognition back to our community, just to let people know that when you talk about this area, when you talk about Metroplex football, you can’t forget about us.”
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