[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] It pains us to even write these words… An 18-year-old has been arrested after giving birth and IMMEDIATELY throwing the infant into a dumpster.
In court documents obtained by multiple sources, Houston teen Everilda Cux-Ajtzalam allegedly gave birth to her baby “on the ground” behind the local food truck she works at.
But instead of embracing the newborn, she “put the child, placenta, & umbilical cord into a trash bag, took the trash bag to a dumpster, & left the child in the dumpster tied inside the trash bag” at a random apartment complex, according to a District Court for Harris County Judge.
How horrific… Fortunately, a passerby discovered the newborn after hearing it crying and called 911. Below, you can see footage of the Houston Fire Department rescuing the child from the trash pile: The newborn was transported to the Texas Children’s Hospital and miraculously survived!
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