Horrifying moment 18-year-old mother tosses her newborn baby into a dumpster
New Mexico mother, 18, is FREED on $10,000 bond after being charged with attempted murder for tossing her newborn into dumpster where he was found alive hours later: Said she didn’t know she was pregnant by juvenile father until day before
A security camera caught the moment a woman abandoned her newborn baby in Hobbs, New Mexico, on Friday The baby boy was found alive and crying inside a garbage bag six hours later The infant was diagnosed with hypothermia and given oxygen and a blood transfusion Alexis Avila, 18, allegedly put the baby in a trash bag and threw it in a dumpster The teen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuseAvila claimed she did not know she was pregnant until a day before delivering her son in her parents’ bathroom Avila was released less than an hour after her arrest on $10,000 bond
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Alexis Avila, 18, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse for allegedly tossing her newborn child into a dumpster
An 18-year-old New Mexico mother who was caught on video throwing her newborn child into a dumpster told police she did not know she was pregnant until the day before she delivered her baby in a bathroom.
Alexis Avila was arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse after her infant son was found clinging to life on Friday night in 30-degree weather, nearly six hours after being tossed in the trash.
Avila was released from jail after posting $10,000 unsecured bond less than two hours after her arrest. She will be arraigned at a later time at Lea County District Court.
Surveillance video showed a woman arriving in a car before opening the back door and tossing a black trash bag into a dumpster in Hobbs, New Mexico, at around 2pm on January 7.
Six hours later, footage showed three people looking through the dumpster before one of them found the infant inside. Incredibly, the newborn was alive.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by KRQE on Monday, Avila confessed to throwing away her child. The 18-year-old mother told police she did not know she was pregnant until she went to a doctor for a stomach pain on Thursday.
The following day, she delivered her son in a bathroom at her parents’ home.
Avila said she had broken up with the baby’s alleged father back in August 2021.
After giving birth, Avila said she ‘panicked.’ She wrapped her son in a towel, placed him in a white plastic bag containing some trash, and a larger black trash bag, and drove around, before throwing the child in the dumpster at the Broadmoor Shopping Center at around 2pm.
New Mexico has a Safe Haven law, which allows a person to leave an infant not more than 90 days old with the staff of a hospital without fear of criminal prosecution.
It was not until nearly 8pm that evening that a group of dumpster divers rescued the infant after hearing his cries. They told police they initially thought it was a kitten or a dog.
One of the Good Samaritans kept the baby warm by holding him in her arms until help arrived.
Avila’s son was taken to a hospital in Hobbs before being transferred to another hospital in Lubbock, which has a more advanced NICU unit.
When doctors assessed the baby, they found that his body temperate was so low that it did not register, indicating hypothermia. The newborn has since been given a blood transfusion, and put on a feeding tube and oxygen.
Police said the baby was in a stable condition at the hospital on Monday.
During her interview with the police, Avila was quoted as referring to her child as ‘it.’
Avila’s mother, Martha Avila, told investigators she was not aware of her daughter’s pregnancy.
Police later executed a search warrant at the family’s home and seized physical evidence, including bloody clothing.
The shocking footage from New Mexico shows Avila tossing her baby in to a dumpster in a trash bag
Avila is seen driving off in her car which was later used to find her, after abandoning her baby
Avila told cops she did not know she was pregnant until she went to see a doctor for a stomach pain on January 6. The next say, she delivered her son in her parents’ bathroom
Jo Imbriale, the owner of Rig Outfitters and Home Store, where the security camera footage was captured, said he was asked by police to review video on Friday night.
He told KOB: ‘Something wasn’t right, I saw the officers’ faces, and they did not look right.
‘I said “What is it we are looking for?” and she goes “We’re looking for somebody who dumped a black garbage bag in your dumpster.” I turned around, I said “please don’t tell me it was a baby”.’
Imbriale told KRQE that the video recording included five hours of footage showing unsuspecting people ‘dumping trash on this baby.’
The footage shows a woman – who cops believe is Avila – driving into the parking lot in a white sedan and put a black garbage bag – containing her newborn – in it before driving off and abandoning the child.
More footage shows the moment the child was rescued after people apparently heard the newborn’s cries.
Footage from the same camera caught the moment a heroic woman rescued the child from the dumpster
The woman can be seen pulling the trash bag off the baby after being alerted by cries
Avila was located using security camera footage from Rig Outfitters and Home Store in Hobbs
A woman pulled out a trash bag and reacted to what was inside. She immediately began tending to the baby.
The child was wrapped up before being handed over to police and paramedics when they arrived a short time later.
Imbriale added: ‘I was in shock just to see this.
‘I can’t sleep at night just knowing that this baby was just tossed in a dumpster like that.
‘I’m sorry but who does that? That is evil. I don’t have words for it.’
