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Alexee Trevizo, 19, of Artesia, New Mexico admitted on police bodycamera footage to giving birth in a hospital bathroom and hiding the baby int eh trash. "I'm sorry.
New Mexico lawmakers in 2022 approved a bill to expand the state's Safe Haven Program and provide funds to build one baby box for every county where an infant can be left.
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 May 1 to 16 years in prison.