Police search for mother after newborn baby found dead inside dumpster (2025)

IMPROVING TREND? UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, WE DO BEGIN WITH SOME BREAKING CRIME NEWS OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND IT’S A TOUGH ONE TO HEAR. A NEWBORN BABY WAS FOUND DEAD IN A DUMPSTER THIS MORNING. THIS HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF RIO GRANDE, JUST SOUTH OF I-40. PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW LEARNED FROM POLICE. HEY, PEYTON. HEY, TODD. THE SCENE IS ACTUALLY COMPLETELY CLEARED AT THE MOMENT. POLICE CARS HAVE LEFT. CRIME INVESTIGATIONS UNIT HAS LEFT. BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. ACTUALLY, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. JUST A FEW MINUTES THAT THEY LEFT. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. SO WE KNOW THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A 911 CALL IN THIS AREA AROUND 345 THIS MORNING. A SECURITY GUARD AT A AT A NEARBY BUSINESS SAID A GROUP OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS FOUND THE BABY IN THE DUMPSTER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET. POLICE DETERMINED THE BABY WAS DEAD. WE DON’T KNOW THE EXACT AGE OR GENDER OF THE BABY OR HOW EXACTLY THE BABY DIED. THEY DON’T HAVE ANYONE IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW, BUT DETECTIVES SAY THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE MOTHER. DETECTIVES ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE MOTHER OF THIS NEWBORN MAY BE IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. SO WE’RE PUTTING A PLEA OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO MAY KNOW WHO THE MOTHER IS TO GET THAT MEDICAL ATTENTION. THAT’S FIRST AND FOREMOST AT THIS POINT, SEPARATE FROM THE INVESTIGATION. SO DETECTIVES WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THE DEATH. A-P-D BELIEVES THAT THE MOTHER COULD HAVE LEFT THE BABY AT AN APPROPRIATE SAFE HAVEN LOCATION AND NOT BEEN PROSECUTED UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN FOR INFANT ACT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. WE’LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ON AIR A