A toxicology report on a deceased newborn allegedly hidden in a hospital bathroom by a New Mexico teen Alexee Trevizo reportedly revealed traces of a weight loss drug in the infant’s system.
According to a toxicology report obtained Inside Edition Digital, 19-year-old Alexee Trevizo had phentermine in her system when she gave birth at the Artesia General Hospital on January 27.
Court documents indicate that nurses at the hospital ran tests on Trevizo after her arrival, which showed she was pregnant. Before they could tell her, Trevizo reportedly went to the bathroom at around 1:39 a.m., and stayed inside for 20 minutes.
Nurses, who said Trevizo didn’t open the door until they threatened to have hospital staff open it, said they walked into the bathroom and saw a pile of blood and a trashcan that was heavier than usual.
“A housekeeper was called to clean the large amount of blood inside the restroom. The housekeeper cleaned up the blood first and then went to take the trash can bag out of the trash can and found it to be much heavier than usual,” the arrest affidavit stated.
“The housekeeper said she looked through the trash can and found a tied-up trash can bag underneath other trash.”
When questioned, Trevizo reportedly said she had no idea that she was pregnant and that that baby was stillborn.
An autopsy reported stated that the baby had a hemorrhage that was consistent with hypoxia. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors in Eddy County have now charged Trevizo with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her infant son.
Meanwhile, her lawyer, Gary Mitchell told DailyMail that Trevino’s name has been smeared with lies.
“The fact is, she did not kill her baby. The testing [that was done] to determine that she did is so antiquated that it is medieval,”
Prosecutors alleged that Trevizo strangled the newborn, while Trevizo reportedly said the baby was not breathing or crying at the time of birth and she did not know what to do.
“There was no strangulation. This is not a murder case,” Mitchell argued, adding that nurses had given her morphine and a “cocktail of drugs” the should have never been given to someone in labor.
“This certainly was the primary cause of death of the baby. Guess what does cause major breathing issues in fetuses? Morphine.”
A toxicology reported indicated that the baby had 0.19 nanograms of morphine in his system, Mitchell said, along with COVID-19 and influenza.
Mitchell reiterated that Trevizo had no idea she was pregnant until she gave birth, despite the prosecution’s argument that she indeed knew she was pregnant and took measures to end the newborn’s life.
Medical malpractice lawyer, Jerry Dugan, however, told Law&Crime’s Sidebar podcast that the defense’s approach to the incident is both “desperate and dangerous.”
“This was 1900s of one billionth of a gram of morphine in this infant system,” Dugan said. “It is absolutely not a deviation from the standard of care in the emergency room to administer morphine to someone who was known to be pregnant.”
“I think jury nullification here could very well result in the jury when they see this photograph of the cheerleading defendant.
“And then to suggest, well, that’s innocent enough because my boyfriend and I go to McDonald’s every day. I can’t conceive of a jury in this country saying, ‘Oh, that’s a reasonable defense.’ The hospital killed this baby. I just think that defense is going nowhere.”
Trevizo’s trial has been set for February 2024. Check back for updates.
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