Avila released from prison in baby in dumpster case Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun By order of the New Mexico State Court of Appeals, Alexis Avila has been released from prison, pending the outcome of her case in the NM Court of Appeals. Alexis, 19, of Hobbs, was found guilty of attempt to commit 1st degree murder and abuse of a child resulting …

At about 3:09 p.m. today, Alexis Avila, the Hobbs 19-year-old who was arrested for throwing her newborn baby in a dumpster in January 2022, was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder and guilty of abuse of a child resulting in great bodily harm, by the jury in the Fifth Judicial Courtroom of Judge William Shoobridge. Shoobridge polled each juror individually, …