Migrant mom Lucia Garcia charged for throwing baby away ‘didn’t know’ she put newborn in NYC hospital trash can
- Lucia Garcia, 21, was covered in blood when she was arrested at Staten Island University Hospital on May 20
- Garcia has now claimed that she ‘thought it was just blood’ and ‘I didn’t know I put my baby in the trash until the nurse told me later’
A migrant mother who was charged for throwing her baby in a New York City hospital trash can said she ‘didn’t realize’ she threw the newborn away.
Lucia Garcia, 21, was covered in blood when she was arrested at Staten Island University Hospital on May 20 when cleaning staff and hospital security found her baby in the trash.
But Garcia, from Mexico, has now claimed that she ‘thought it was just blood’ and ‘I didn’t know I put my baby in the trash until the nurse told me later,’ in an interview with the New York Post.
Her child was immediately rushed to hospital after his cries were heard from the trash can. He is now in the custody of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services.
Lucia Garcia, 21, was covered in blood when she was arrested at Staten Island University Hospital (pictured) on May 20 when cleaning staff and hospital security found her baby in the trash
The 21-year-old was charged with two counts of assault, two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of acting in a manner injurious to a child following the discovery at the hospital.
Garcia migrated from Mexico to Staten Island 10 months ago and previously insisted she was not pregnant.
Her father Ambrosio Garcia, 41, took her to hospital the night before the ordeal because she wasn’t ‘feeling well.’
Despite being accused of dumping her infant son in the trash, she told NYP: ‘I want him back. I want to take care of him. I just want my baby back.
‘At first, I didn’t know if I was ready to be a mom. I thought I had made an error — but now I just want him here with me.’
The father of the child, who lives in Manhattan, has not been named but Garcia’s dad is determined to find him and make him ‘pay for all of this.’
This comes days after a New Mexico teen accused of murdering her newborn baby by dumping him in a hospital trash bag minutes after the birth claims she didn’t know she was pregnant.
Alexee Trevizo, 19, is charged with murder after she gave birth in a hospital bathroom then placed the baby in a trash bag, where it was tragically found dead.
Alexee Trevizo, 19, (pictured) was not aware that she was pregnant before giving birth to her son in New Mexico
Her attorney, Gary C Mitchell, told DailyMail.com the teenager wasn’t aware of the pregnancy when she attended the Artesia General Hospital on January 27 with back pain.
Tests revealed she was pregnant and in labor. She then locked herself in a hospital bathroom for an extended period of time. After she returned, a cleaner found the bathroom covered in blood and then called nurses after lifting the heavy trash bag.
She was charged on May 10 with first-degree murder, ‘or alternatively’ intentional abuse of a child resulting in death, plus a count for tampering with evidence.
The harrowing moment police confronted Trevizo in the hospital was captured in body camera footage that showed her tell officers: ‘It came out of me, I put it in the bag. In the trash bag. I’m sorry mom.’
Mitchell said that the child was found to have died of asphyxia.
He claims Trevizo had gone into the hospital bathroom alone while still unaware that she was pregnant.
She remained there unattended for 18 minutes, giving birth and then placing the baby in the trash can.
