Video shows Alexis Avila placing her newborn in a dumpster shortly before the child was rescued by good Samaritans. KOB’s Giuli Frendak reports.
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Come on .. She THREW that poor baby. “Placed” is an understatement..
Did the baby die??
They should of gave her 30 years or something like that
Shouldve kept them then when they get shot in school at 6 years old.. No harm no file..
But no one mentions the millions of unborn children who are ripped and slaughtered apart like ANIMALS then dumped in trash bins. This woman was no different in her behavioral with the newborn than that of a obstetrician killing a baby in the womb…
What a worm.
More sentencing like this 🙏 This is what detracts others from doing the same!
“Durr, you gibben yourself a life sentence knowing what you done, so me not going to give you life sentence.” 🤡
“Brenda’s Got a Baby” song on YouTube.
Umm she didnt “place” the baby.. just like you dont “place” a garbage in a dumpster.. she TOSSED it, THREW it, ABANDONED it
Her age at the time was old enough to know better…mental illness is not a reason or an excuse…the judge did good…
Could she not have taken it to a fire station and left it no questions asked?
Is abortion even legal in New Mexico? Women should have the right to abort without consequences. And yeah mothers change their mind. This is why we need to legalize abortion!!
I respect the judge’s thoughtful words. A life sentence indeed
This baby will not know or remember what happened to him.
But will be told and made to feel angry about it..
No sympathy. I think by now, everyone knows all the different ways you can give up an unwanted child without causing it to die from exposure or be crushed under garbage. It’s unbelievable how many people think this is the answer. I wouldn’t do this to a wild animal.
Should be a life sentence. There’s absolutely no excuse for that when you can drop them off at any police/ fire station no questions asked.
So the baby lived is why she only got 16 years. If that baby would’ve died, she would’ve got 50 years
Expect this more and more. Zero abortion and this happens.
Should’ve been life wth?? Smh
Force people to have kids they don’t want and this is what you get.
Placing?! She threw him away like it was garbage! If it was for she’d be rotting in jail for the rest of her days!!
This is the age of technology folks it’s a throwaway society so what do you expect to happen if you throw everything away for a new she probably going to go have a new baby after this but think about it throwing a child in the dumpster she could have taken it anywhere put in someone’s doorstep like in the old days
You know like sixty seventy years ago or 80 people had a problem like that they would know someone basically someone around where they live that were good people and if they didn’t want a child baby it will put it on that front door and they make sure that they could know that the person will find there
This judge is ramblin on what he really means is she’ll be let out in a year
Maybe you’ll become responsible father now because you know why you cannot be only responsible after seeing what happened to him in the beginning
Not justifying the woman but she was just a teenager, maybe give her the help she needs while reducing the sentence. I seen news about child molesters getting only parole smh
This country forces this behavior.. This will be more common if they keep outlawing abortion..
Listening to her speak, I don’t think she’s bright enough to appreciate what she did. She talks about missing out on milestones like she victimized herself. She callously threw the child in the dumpster with force. Low IQ, child like selfish narcissism, sociopathic. The child would have at best been an accessory in her life like a hand bag or other attention grabbing thing. Instead of prison they should have sterilized her not to have kids anymore. She’s a human monster walking the earth.
She could have given the child to the father.
In this whole story have you heard any word from a father… Exactly..
16 years? The city should be held responsible,as well as the father & his mother,why is he doing no time? Pile of dawg crap. This is a case of discrimination .
Meanwhile I just watched a video about an organization working to install baby receiving boxes at fire departments so that this doesn’t happen, but people are against that idea because they think mothers should have to physically hand the baby off – disregarding the shame and emotions they may be going through.
16 years isn’t long enough. She’s a murderer and needs to be sentenced as one. Forget these illnesses they say she has. She’s a murderer 1:31
Dummy than wants to start crying, smh
Disgusting.
Wouldnt it be nice if you had an abortion
Terribly sad. What about postpartum depression or psychosis?
This is a classic ‘nobody wins’ scenario. How sad for all involved. I hope that baby gets a good shot in the world, what a terrible beginning.
This could have been avoided if she was allowed abortion access in her state. We will continue to see more cases like this as states tighten their grip on women’s reproductive health
Can we just agree this is not normal.
She us old enough to know better. She is old enough to ask for help. Ya can’t use mental illness as an excuse for bad behavior, it’s wrong. That poor boy, thank goodness someone found him and his father is there for him.
Should be life
She deserved it
I SAY SHE NEEDS HELP…ITS HARD IN THIS WORLD..PROBLY FOR WOMEN MORE SO…PUT YOURSELF IN HER SHOES IN THIS F#@&#D WORLD…I THINK THE JUDGE UNDERSTANDS .
I’m so sick of the “brain not fully developed” excuse being used. She’s an adult. She threw a baby in the garbage. Age isn’t a factor.
Is that really justice… the Whhhhaaaa-ites commit first degree murder and get probation or less than 5 🤔🤔🤔
She is disgusting I understand her brain isn’t fully developed and we all do “dumb” things when we’re younger but that was not dumb that was horrific and evil!
umm, why is she crying for herself…..
I remember when this happened!
16 years is not enough but I think the ladies on the block will have some things to say
There are a lot of monster parents out there who don’t deserve to be called parents.
if the baby died it would have been more years on her for sure
I’m so glad she’s getting locked up. Let her rot.
Expect this to happen more often since y’all banned ab— … nevermind 🤦🏾♀️
So why is this woman not considered a mental case?
Why are only mass shooters protected as such?
She’s still a nicer person than a ” doctor” who does abortion on the unborn and calls that family planning after taking a Hippocratic oath to help others.
attempted murder. that woman needs the chair.
Wow she is really angry teenager needs mental illness help! So sad 😞 for that little angel baby boy..God bless him..🥺
I say that kind of harsh, I say a few years!
Should have gotten life.
Judge, I regret being caught.
SHE’S NOT SORRY .. SHE’S ONLY SORRY BC SHE GOT CAUGHT
#EVILMONSTER
I worked with a woman who gave birth in her bathtub and put her baby in a backpack. Her name was in her backpack.😬
Remorseless, brainless and heartless;
She could dropped off the child to a safe house for a better future.
Hope the boy grows up to a better life.
Absolute psychopath
Why not just drop the baby off at a hospital? Why a dumpster??? 🙄😒 Ppl like her have no conscience.
We should start sentencing every woman who has an abortion 16 years in prison. There’s no difference.
This will continue to happen more and more with abortion bans in place. She didn’t want it. Babies are not a blessing for everyone. In ancient times, the left the babies in woods for the animals to eat. Abortion is necessary
30 years minimum sad
She didn’t place the baby in the dumpster. She flung that poor baby like a football, it was horrifying to see. She should be doing 20 plus years.
Hopefully a hysterectomy is ordered so she cannot ever be a mother again!! This is sickening, 19 or not, bipolar or not, she had to have known she was doing something sickening wrong!! Her regrets are because she got caught, doesn’t look like she even shed a tear!
Was it a prom night dumpster baby?
this is why we need access to safe, legal abortion
It’s not okay because you can safely surrender a baby. I know a lot of girls are scared but it’s the right thing to do. Nobody will know.
Poor woman probably couldn’t get an abortion. I feel bad for the woman more than anything.
She could of left the baby in a safe haven. If i remember Fire departments will take in the baby (age of 60 days is the oldest) no questions asked. Well here in Texas it is, I don’t knoe about New Mexico.
Just 16 years?? Really?
She shouldn’t be facing jail time she clearly needs mental treatment because something isn’t right up there she can get out of jail and just have another kid and do the same thing
Ur God let her do that lol
😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏
Total pig of a human being…her actions were well thought out and deliberate!
Trust moms, tho?
How many unwanted sons or daughters in towns! 😐
This is the direct result of strong, totally independent women who don’t need no man having spent the last 50 plus years completely falsely claiming that they can raise children better all by themselves without a man!
Maybe if she had access to abortion…
After she realized the baby was alive she wanted it back. . crazy
She should be in prison for life.
why does the baby look like that in the picture with the binky?
I hope when the baby grows up it never sees that video.
Wonder why she didn’t just take him to his father.
If you can’t take care of your baby, please take them to a police station or a hospital. Anything but a dumpster.
What is going on in this world people need to go to god
16 years? Are kidding me? This woman need to be in prison for life. 🙄
Just remember Brooke Skylar Richardson got NO jail time. Alexis should’ve got 3-5 years.👩🏾⚖️
I just don’t get this throwing babies in dumpsters stuff. It happens a lot. If you don’t want the baby, at least have the decency to leave it at a good spot…maybe a church or firestation or orphanage etc. To keep them in dumpsters is basically calling these pure newborns garbage, left to be eaten by rats…whereas the real garbage, scum and stinky trash are these vile humans dumping them.
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What do you expect. You don’t allow her to get it out of her. Send yourselfs to jail
Its not like she can get an abortion.
I wonder if it was the only baby she threw away.
Placing? It was throwing
Why didn’t she just put it in one of those boxes
Why not go to a shelter or the fire station and give the baby a chance at least :/
“Undiagnosed mental illness is probably the leading cause of people committing criminal acts.” OKAY so the government is aware of the issue, so when are they going to bring back the mental facilities we need instead of throwing them in prison?!