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.

Investigators connected Rivera-Felipe to the incident by utilizing surveillance footage and information provided by neighbors at the apartment complex where the baby was found.

During an interview with police, Rivera-Felipe waived her right to counsel and to remain si

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