Surveillance footage surfaced this week of a young woman tossing a trash bag into a dumpster outside a shopping mall in hamms new mexico but according to local law enforcement the bag didn’t contain trash instead the bag was the newborn sun which the woman later identified as alexis sevilla had given birth to just hours before miss via was 18 arrested and charged
With attempted murder and felony child abuse in a case which just sent shock waves across america the case unfolded on the 7th of january when police received a panic 9-1-1 call at about 7 45 pm on friday from someone calling to say they just found a baby in a dumpster hello yes we just found a baby in the trash he’s still got embellicoral court she said
The mail caller says in the audio obtained by kqre i was looking for some stuff in it and it was very catch a woman’s voice is then heard joining the call saying the infant was very weak he’s still got his umbilical cord he’s freezing cold and he’s very like very weak do you have him wrapped in a blanket and the heater on i got him in my jacket a faint whimpering noise from the baby
Is heard in the background of the phone call hobbs acting police chief august fan said in a press conference on monday afternoon that three people michael green hector gesso and april meadow have been going through the dumpster at the broadmoor shopping center at 1400 block of anthorp’s looking for anything of value chief fan said the trio heard what sounded like a baby crying and pulled out a trash bag assuming they’d find a
Dog or a kitten inside he said instead they discovered a newborn baby wrapped in a bath towel which was dirty and wet and had dried blood on it while the umbilical cord was still attached surveillance footage from a nearby store shows the three people standing by a truck and looking through the dumpster before one of them pulls out a black trash bag and opens it one of the other people is seen quickly opening the bag as they realize its
Contents the woman pulls out the baby and cradles him getting inside the truck in an attempt to keep him warm meanwhile one of the other people is seen on the phone multiple flashing emergency responder vehicles are seen arriving on the scene minutes later chief fans said that the baby was treated at the scene and rushed to hospital for treatment where he was in
Stable condition as of monday the police chief praised the quick response of the three rescuers who were pivotal in saving the baby’s life investigators tracked down the alleged culprit thanks to surveillance footage captured on the nearby store rig outfitters and home store owned by joe embryo the video which had gone viral shows a white car pulling up next to the dumpster at around 2 pm on friday
Afternoon the woman later identified as misa via is seen stepping out of the driver’s seat opening the back door and taking a black trash bag from the back seat she then hurls the package into the dumpster before getting back into the vehicle and driving away from the scene the footage reveals that the baby had been in the dumpster and plunging temperature of about 30 degrees fahrenheit for about 6 hours
Investigators were able to get a partial license plate for the footage which led them to miss via’s home there her parents said it was their daughter who drove the vehicle chief fund said the mother advised that alexis agreed to meet with the detectives where she met with investigators teenage mother says she panicked because she didn’t know she’d been pregnant during the interview she said she wasn’t
Aware that she was pregnant until january 6 2022. miss avia allegedly confessed to investigators that she’d given birth to the baby and tossed him in a dumpster hours later the teenager told officers she panicked after giving birth on friday just one day after finding out she was pregnant she said she sought medical attention on the 6th of january because she was suffering from abdominal pain and
Constipation it was only then that she was told she was pregnant the teenager said she then began experiencing more stomach pains the following day and gave birth in the bathroom at her parents home she panicked didn’t know what to do or who to call then cut the umbilical cord wrapped the baby in a towel and placed the baby inside the trash bag misawa told investigators that she drove
Around for a while before deciding to put the baby in a dumpster when asked what she thought would happen to her baby after she left him in the dumpster the police chief said alexis remained silent and couldn’t answer the investigators were told the identity of the baby’s father but the chief said he will not be named in the release as he’s a juvenile the young couple had split up back in august according to the criminal
Complaint miss avia’s mother told investigators she had no knowledge of her daughter’s pregnancy however some school friends cast doubt on misawa’s claims that she didn’t know she was pregnant telling dailymail.com she was open about her pregnancy in the fall before she stopped coming to school in december miss avia was arrested and charged with attempted murder and felony child abuse on the 8th of january
The 18 year old was released on bond less than two hours later after posting a 100 unsecured bond she’s scheduled to appear for a hearing in lake county district court on wednesday if convicted she faces up to 15 years in prison miss avia’s baby son is now in stable condition and in the custody of new mexico children youth and families department it’s unclear who will have custody the
Baby in the long term however the baby’s paternal grandfather said his family is now seeking custody of the little boy whom they decided to name saul oscar astorga told daily mail that his 16 year old son stephen is the baby’s father and he thought his girlfriend had suffered a miscarriage after they split up in august of course we’re trying to get custody of course he’s my grandson said mr astorgo that’s why we can’t comment on anything
Because we’re trying to get my grandson chief bonds urged parents in need to reach out for help if you’re struggling with a new infant the best response is to find somebody who can help you with that he said contact us and let us help you through the situation all 50 states have safe haven laws enabling mothers in crisis to safely leave their newborn babies to designated people such as hospital staff without
The risk of criminalization in new mexico the law allows a parent to hand over their child safely within 90 days after their birth.