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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
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - 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, confessed to putting the baby in a trash bag and throwing it in a dumpster
- The teen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse on Monday
- Avila 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, and will be arraigned at a later date
- Avila could face up to 15 years in prison, depending on what charges are ultimately filed said Dianna Luce, the district attorney
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-11 |
