In January 2023, nineteen-year-old Alexee Trevizo arrived at a small New Mexico emergency room with severe back pain.

Hours later, hospital staff discovered a newborn baby, Alex Ray Fierro, inside a bathroom trash can.

What happened next was captured on police body cameras and became the footage that defined the case for millions of people.

But a jury may never see it.

In Part One of this two-part episode, we walk through the night at Artesia General Hospital, what the evidence actually establishes, how early assumptions about what happened began to harden into conclusions, and the New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that changed the prosecution's case more than three years later.

We explore:

• What happened inside Artesia General Hospital on January 27, 2023

• The disputed timeline surrounding Trevizo's positive pregnancy test

• What hospital staff and police knew in those first minutes, and what they didn't

• The statement from a charge nurse that quickly became part of the narrative surrounding the case

• Why no attempt was made to resuscitate Alex Ray Fierro

• What the autopsy ultimately concluded

• Why Trevizo wasn't arrested until four months later

• The body camera footage seen by millions of people

• Why the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the footage and Trevizo's statements must be suppressed

• The difference between mandatory reporting and becoming part of a police investigation

• What evidence may still remain if the criminal case moves forward

• What this case reveals about how quickly human beings turn incomplete information into a finished story

Part Two examines a much bigger question: How does something like this happen in the first place?

We'll look at concealed and denied pregnancies, neonaticide, safe haven laws, forensic pathology, adolescent brain development, and what it actually means to charge a nineteen-year-old with first-degree murder.

Part Two drops Thursday.

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Disclaimer: This episode discusses an ongoing criminal case and is intended for informational, educational, and commentary purposes. Alexee Trevizo has pleaded not guilty, and all criminal allegations remain allegations unless and until proven in court. The discussion in this episode is based on publicly available court records, reporting, and other publicly available materials. Any analysis, interpretation, or commentary reflects the host's perspective and should not be understood as a determination of guilt, innocence, or any disputed fact.