A US woman placed her son's body in a trash can, authorities said. Photo / 123RF
A US woman placed her son's body in a trash can, authorities said. Photo / 123RF
A New Mexico woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the January death of her newborn son, whose body authorities said she placed in a trash can.
Alexee Trevizo, 19, also was charged this week with tampering with evidence, according to a criminal complaint filed in Eddy County insoutheastern New Mexico.
Trevizo went to the emergency room in late December for back pain and lab tests showed she was pregnant and in labour, according to Artesia police. On January 27, Trevizo locked herself in a bathroom where she gave birth to a boy, then placed the baby in a bag that she concealed among rubbish, investigators said.
By the time the baby was found, the baby had died and Trevizo had left the hospital, investigators said. An autopsy listed the cause of death as homicide.
Gary C Mitchell, an attorney for Trevizo, today said that his client has no criminal record and should not be facing a murder charge.
Jurors convicted Alexis Avila, 19, of throwing her newborn into an outdoor trash receptacle in January 2020 in Hobbs, New Mexico. The child survived. Avila was sentenced on May 1 to 16 years in prison.
