An 18-year-old mother who threw her newborn baby in a New Mexico dumpster last week didn’t know she was pregnant until the day before she gave birth, police said Monday.
“Their collective quick response to this emergency, including notification of 911, was absolutely pivotal in saving this baby's life,” Fons said.
Investigators used surveillance video from a nearby store to identify a car suspected of being involved. That led them to Avila, who confessed to leaving her baby in the dumpster on Friday. Search warrants for Avila's car and her family's home turned up blood evidence, clothing and a towel. Ibukun Adepoju, a public defender who is representing Avila, said in a statement that her client is"barely 18 herself.”
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