Teen, 19, admits he gave birth to baby in hospital bathroom and put him in garbage bag

A New Mexico teen has admitted giving birth to a baby boy and placing him in a garbage can where he died, newly released police bodycam footage shows.

Alexee Trevizo, 19, is heard telling her mother, “It came from me, I put it in the bag. In the garbage bag. I’m sorry mom.’

Trevizo went to hospital on January 27 with back pain, but tests revealed she was pregnant and in labor. Then she locked herself in a hospital bathroom for a long time. After she returned, a cleaner found the bathroom covered in blood and then called the nurses after she lifted the heavy garbage bag.

The bodycam footage shows a doctor in a white lab coat explaining the circumstances as the hospital understands them to the police officer, Trevizo and her mother.

“We discovered a dead baby in the bathroom,” the doctor says, as Trevizo lies on a hospital bed, her mother at her feet.

“I’m sorry, it came from me and I didn’t know what to do,” Trevizo tells the doctor, “I was just scared, it wasn’t crying or anything.”

“What did you do with it,” demands the mother, desperately holding her head in her hands, before the doctor tells her to “stop doing that.”

“The first priority guys,” the doctor continues, “is she just had a baby, I don’t know if she got the placenta. She’s bleeding a lot,” she says before explaining that the teen needs to see an obstetrician.

“I’m sorry, but when it comes to having a baby and it looked like you were trying to cover it up, we have to call the police.

‘The baby has to be taken for an autopsy and an examiner comes and everything,’ the doctor continues calmly.

“I’m so sorry, but we have to do this correctly and I want to be transparent about what our steps will be.”

“Nothing cried, it came out with nothing,” Trevizo repeats.

A male medic in the room then asks the mother and daughter if they have any questions, to which Trevizo’s mother asks how big the baby is.

“It’s full-time,” replies the masked medic.

“It came from me, I put it in the bag. In the garbage bag. I’m sorry mom,” the traumatized teen whispers

Trevizo’s mother appears to have been unaware that her daughter was nine months pregnant

Recently released bodycam footage shows the heartbreaking confession

‘What!’ she exclaims, suggesting she was unaware that her daughter was nine months pregnant prior to the birth.

“Lexi, did you watch the news, about what the girls are doing to their babies and they’re going to jail,” the mother asks in frustration.

A traumatized Trevizo breaks down in tears and is then told that detectives are on their way to talk to her and she is now being held in hospital under police custody.

Trevizo locked herself in the hospital bathroom on Jan. 27 and gave birth to the baby boy before tossing him in the trash, 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 in March.

Police charged and arrested Trevizo on May 10 for first-degree murder.

Trevizo has since been released from prison and will be able to complete the school year without an ankle bracelet or house arrest as she awaits trial.

Gary C. Mitchell, a lawyer for Trevizo, previously told the Associated Press that his client has no criminal record and should not stand trial for murder.

He said there are “major discrepancies about what happened” at the hospital and “this is not a classic child abuse case.”

Artesia General Hospital and representatives for Alexee Trevizo were all contacted for comment.

This is the second high-profile case of a mother and newborn in New Mexico in recent years.

Jurors convicted 19-year-old Alexis Avila of throwing her newborn into an outdoor garbage can in January 2020 in Hobbs, New Mexico.