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A New Mexico woman who allegedly confessed to abandoning her newborn in a dumpster has pleaded not guilty.
Alexis Avila, 18, who police say confessed to deserting her newborn boy in a dumpster behind a mall in Hobbs on Friday, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted first-degree murder and child abuse, KCBD reported.
A judge ordered Avila, of Hobbs, to stay under house arrest until her trial. She’s also ordered to wear an ankle monitor, barred from using social media and cannot be around any child under the age of 10.
Police in Hobbs have said the baby was rushed to a hospital after being found in the dumpster Friday. Investigators later retrieved surveillance video that showed Avila pulling a black trash bag out of a car and tossing it into the container, according to charging documents obtained by The Post.
Some six hours later, a woman and two men found the newborn while looking in the dumpster for “anything of value,” police said.
Avila was arrested after being linked to the car spotted at the scene. She told cops she wasn’t aware she was pregnant until Jan. 6, one day before she gave birth, and panicked, police said.
Avila told investigators she cut the child’s umbilical cord, wrapped him in a towel and then put him in a trash bag inside a larger trash bag. She then drove around until she decided to put the newborn into a dumpster near a JCPenney, KCBD reported.
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Article URL : https://nypost.com/2022/01/13/new-mexico-mother-pleads-not-guilty-to-dumping-newborn-in-dumpster/