Alexis Avila begins serving sentence after last chance at sentence reduction denied

LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – More than four years after surveillance footage showed a young mother throwing her newborn baby in a Hobbs dumpster, she is finally on her way to prison to serve her sentence. It was a case that shocked New Mexico and was followed by years of legal battles. Surveillance video showed the then-18-year-old [...]