The grandfather of the new child who was tossed right into a New Mexico dumpster by his teen mother has revealed that his 16-year-old son is the kid’s dad — and that his household is searching for custody.
Oscar Astorga, 50, mentioned that his son Stephen is the boy’s father — and that the 16-year-old, who broke up with Alexis Avila, 18, in August 2021, had no concept that she had been pregnant, the Every day Mail reported.
“We have now nothing to cover however we will’t remark proper now,” Astorga informed the outlet in an interview printed Wednesday.
The grandfather mentioned the household has retained a lawyer and is searching for custody of the toddler they’ve named Saul, who's recovering at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas.
“After all we’re attempting to get custody. After all. He's my grandson,” Astorga informed the outlet. “That’s why we will’t touch upon something as a result of we’re attempting to get my grandson.”
Avila was captured in stunning video throwing a trash bag containing the child into the container on North Thorp Road in Hobbs about 2 p.m. Friday, based on charging paperwork obtained by The Submit.
The toddler was found — together with his umbilical wire nonetheless connected — by three individuals who have been combing via the dumpster in 36-degree climate. The kid has been listed in steady situation.
Avila claimed to police that she panicked when she unexpectedly gave start and threw her new child away. She has been charged with tried homicide.
In the meantime, Stephen thought Avila had miscarried, based on the Every day Mail, which cited textual content messages between the boy and a pal.
However his grandfather mentioned that for the reason that heartbreaking incident, the household has been getting loss of life threats on social media.
“We haven’t accomplished something improper. My pal noticed them. These folks on social media,” his grandfather mentioned.
The infant acquired a blood transfusion and was placed on oxygen earlier than he was transferred from an area hospital to the one in Texas as a result of it has a extra superior neonatal intensive care unit, the Every day Mail reported.
In the meantime, Avila’s mom additionally spoke out for the primary time, telling the Every day Mail that “everybody makes errors.”
Martha Avila, 47, additionally claimed she had no clue her daughter was pregnant.
“Yeah, it has been a shock,” she mentioned.
“Individuals can preach all they need, they will decide all they need however we solely care concerning the judgment of 1,” Martha informed the outlet.
Avila’s mates mentioned the teenager had been open about her being pregnant earlier than she stopped going to high school in mid-December.
“I heard her speak about being pregnant round late September, early October,” a classmate informed the outlet. “She by no means expressed that it was a nasty factor that she was pregnant.”
When police arrived at Avila’s residence after responding to the dumping scene, her dad and mom informed them she was sleeping and that she had been sick with abdomen pains for the previous week.
She informed police she had been in stomach ache and even visited a health care provider, who broke the information of her being pregnant to her on Jan. 6.
The woman mentioned she was experiencing some abdomen pains and unexpectedly gave start within the rest room of her residence.
Panicked, she reduce the umbilical wire, wrapped the child in a towel and put it within the trash bag — which she sealed closed with a hair tie — earlier than she began “driving round,” based on the paperwork.
“When asking Alexis what she thought would finally occur to the child by inserting him within a plastic bag and dumping him, Alexis remained silent and couldn’t reply. A sign Alexis was nicely conscious the child would have died because of this,” police wrote within the paperwork.
Her mom informed police the ex was not permitted at their residence after he allegedly hit her someday in June.
Avila, who's out on bond, is scheduled to seem in court docket in Lovington, New Mexico, on Wednesday for a detention listening to.
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