Affidavit: Mother arrested after baby found in dumpster

Editor’s Note: The video above is a KXAN newscast from Sept. 22, 2025.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said it has arrested a suspect in connection with a baby that was found abandoned inside a north Austin dumpster Saturday. The suspect was identified as the child’s mother in an affidavit.

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KXAN, police arrested 22-year-old Neli Dinora Rivera-Felipe, and she was charged with abandoning/endangering a child involving imminent danger, which is a second-degree felony…

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