VIDEO: Mother throws newborn in dumpster in New Mexico, baby rescued after 5 hours
A videograb shows the woman throwing the baby in the dumpster.
In a horrifying incident, an 18-year-old mother has been charged with attempted murder of her newborn after authorities said she left her baby alive in a New Mexico dumpster.
The authorities said that the police received calls about a newborn in a dumpster at 8pm on Jan.7.
The authorities said CCTV footage revealed that the woman dumped the baby around 2pm in Block 1400 N. Thorp in Hobbs, a city located in the southeast corner of the state near the Texas border.
Police found the child needed aid.
The baby was rushed to a nearby hospital and then transferred to Lubbock Hospital for further treatment.
Authorities said that the child was in a stable condition.
According to local media, the mother, Alexis Avila, confessed to giving birth to the baby in another place, but dumped the baby in Hobbs.
She was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder and child abuse.
Heartbreaking footage of the incident showed the woman throwing a plastic bag into the waste bin.
Several hours later, three people can be seen looking into the dumpster, pulling out the bag, realising there is a child inside.
Police and an ambulance arrived and the child was taken to hospital.
A shop owner, whose CCTV camera caught the heinous crime, said “I was in shock.”
