A New Mexico teenager who confessed to police that she was the mother of a newborn baby found discarded in a dumpster and that she was the one who left the child has been charged with attempted murder and felony child abuse.
Alexis Avila, 18, appeared in court in Lovington, New Mexico, on Wednesday afternoon and was confronted by angry protesters following a hearing to decide if she would be jailed.
Oscar Astorga, 50, said his son Stephen, 16, had no idea ex-girlfriend Alexis Avila was pregnant until she gave birth last week and was then caught on camera callously chucking their child into a dumpster
A New Mexico teenager who confessed to police that she was the mother of a newborn baby found discarded in a dumpster and that she was the one who left the child has been charged with attempted murder and felony child abuse.