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AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department says a suspect has been arrested in connection to a baby found in a dumpster.

What they're saying:

APD says 22-year-old Neli Dinora Rivera Felipe was arrested and booked into the Travis County Jail.

Felipe is charged with abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

At a news conference, police say Felipe gave a statement to them that "she thought the baby was lifeless" as to why she allegedly threw her baby in a dumpster.

The backstory:

On Saturday, September 20 at around 1:37 p.m, APD officers responded a check welfare call about a baby reportedly found inside a dumpster in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard.

Officers and Austin-Travis County Emergency Services arrived at the scene and f

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