So, then right away I rushed to the bathtub, and that's when I found him. He was just laying there. And I took him out. And we went to the living room. >> [music] >> And then I called 911. And well, he was just laying there. And then I I kind of blacked out after that. Just I mean they were just I mean, he had to do CPR Monday, March 3rd, 2025, Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a small apartment in the city's southeast, a seemingly harmless routine ended in tragedy. A mother left her 7-month-old baby in the bathtub and fell asleep after drinking. Hours later, the child was found lifeless. The case exposed not only a chain of negligent decisions, but also the cracks of a system that had failed to recognize the risk in time. Behind it all is a story that has a broader question. What happens when addiction and parental responsibility intersect at the same point? I'm Tyler, and this is your daily dose of crime. We can see that you're watching, but only 11% of you are actually subscribed to the channel. So, take a moment right now and hit that subscribe button and ring that bell so that we can bring these videos to more people, and so that you never miss your daily dose of crime. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. You turned it off. So, are you hot or cold? No, I'm not. No? Okay. Do you want a couple of waters? Do you need some water or something like that? >> Okay. Um So, who is she? I'm going to shut this part of the door. I know it's the room is not the most >> [snorts] >> beautiful, but um at least it's better than sitting out in the cold rain freezing. Um All right. Kind of talk to you. My name's Lawrence. This is my partner, Casey. Um she's in a uniform, but she's works with me very closely. So, um she's going to just chat help us chat and stuff, okay? Um I'm just going to get some particulars from you real quick. Just so I make sure I try to write stuff down while we were talking um earlier when I was listening to you in that living room while my talk but it was freezing. So, Yeah. I I didn't even have my jacket ready. Okay. Um so, I'm just going to make sure I have all your personal information correct. And so, it's just Edith, right? >> Mhm. E D I T H? >> Yes. Middle initial? G. Uh your last name? Estrada. Estrada? With an E? Yes. All [snorts] right. Um So, again, I'm just going to I just kind of want to chat with you about this one. First of all, I mean, I I offering condolences is saying I'm sorry. It seems pretty hollow, you know? I I I've done a lot of these investigations. I've unfortunately seen a lot of kiddos that have passed away, and it's it's never easy. Um and I understand that. So, maybe let's start um maybe let's start from last night and kind of tell me maybe around let's say dinner time last night, and then we'll go from last night at dinner time into today, and then kind of into what happened. So, just kind of like around dinner time yesterday or something like that? Yeah, just dinner yesterday around dinner time until until obviously we make contact with each other. Yeah. So, I was there around dinner time, and I was at my boyfriend's house. I spent the whole entire weekend there. Mhm. >> Um >> [snorts] >> So, around dinner time we were playing he has kids, so I have two. So, we're putting the kids to sleep. Um I did notice that he had like a weird cough still. Very like phlegm-wise, and like so, we were kind of like keeping an eye on it. Um just gave him a bottle. The kids went to sleep. I slept there. Um I think I put him in a What is it called? Um Playpen? Playpen? Mhm. Um but we did notice he was like choking a lot, and he was just coughing. And the phlegm would swallow it back. So, that was like keeping him up all night. And then >> [snorts] >> from there um I was supposed to go into Well, so during the night my kids just kept waking up. And then I made I made him probably like two bottles. And then um this morning he woke up. Um My boyfriend barely went back to work after breaking his leg. So, this was like his first day back at work. And then I ended up calling into work. Um I went back to my house. Um showered and ate, and then that way I could take him to school, meet him lunch. I took him to school, and then um came back. Um Just kind of started cleaning up. I am moving out of that apartment, so that apartment's like chaotic, so I've been just kind of in and out out of my boyfriend's. So, it was like my second home. So, I was just going to try my best to kind of gather everything and see what I was going to put in storage. Um I gave him a bottle in the morning in the living room. And then um I was just kind of cleaning up, doing some laundry. And he was just there watching cartoons. But he does have a diaper rash, which we've been [clears throat] trying to control with daycare. So, that's why I started the bath that week. And he breathed as well cuz he was choking up. And >> [snorts] >> I started the bath. I closed [music] the door while we gave him his bath. What he was wearing? I got him undressed. He was wearing some blue pants. He was wearing a long sleeve shirt. He was wearing socks. And then I undressed him, and put his toys in the bathtub. I put him in there since I was still doing laundry. I went back to the room. And then we were still waiting for the dryer to be done. He was just playing with his toys. Faith, I don't know how I just just fell asleep. So, when I woke up, I fell asleep. So, whenever I got up, it's Well, my mom was knocking at the door. I didn't hear my phone. She had called me. I didn't have my phone. I think my phone was like on low. >> [snorts] >> So, when I opened the door, I was just kind of half asleep. I opened the door. It was my mom. So, then I think she asked [snorts] me about him. And I went back inside the room, and I was still half asleep. I I I I I I couldn't put two two and two together. Because I didn't see him in his bassinet. So, then right away I rushed to the bathtub. And that's when I found him. The woman in front of the investigators is Edith Estrada-Segala, age 28, a resident of southeast Albuquerque. She lives with her children in a small apartment on San Pablo Street Southeast in the International District, a neighborhood marked by poverty and high rates of substance abuse. Hours before the interview, Estrada's mother arrived at the home and found her grandson dead in the bathtub. Estrada admitted that she had been drinking that morning and had fallen asleep by accident, but in legal terms that phrase carries a different weight. Under child abuse resulting in death, intent is not required. Only the act of placing a child in a situation of obvious danger. Detectives worked to piece together the previous hours. Estrada mentions visiting her boyfriend, returning home, and deciding to bathe her son. In her account, a familiar pattern appears. Alcohol use, exhaustion, and misplaced confidence. Beneath it all lies the question that drives the entire case. At what point did neglect become a foreseeable act of risk? I took him out. >> [snorts] >> He was just laying there. And I took him out. And we went to the living room. And then I called 911. And well, he was just laying there. And and then I I kind of blacked out after that. Just I mean they were just I mean, he had to do CPR and and then I couldn't bring him back. And my mom was going crazy in the background throwing things. I And then from there like the paramedics talked to her. And they tried um bringing him back, but they couldn't. All right. So, at some point you hear you said your mom was knocking at the door, [snorts] right? >> The doorbell, yeah. Oh, you It's a doorbell? Okay. So, mom rang the doorbell. Um Do you know Do you know that was? I honestly don't remember. Okay. Okay. So, you also mentioned that you uh you didn't hear your cell phone, right? So, did you When you heard her, did you check your phone? No. Or how did you know that she was trying to get a hold of you by phone? Um well, she told me when when I opened the door, she asked me why I wasn't answering my phone. Oh, okay. But I hadn't seen it, where it was at. Okay. And then you go over there. And she just asked you a question. >> Yeah, as soon as I opened the door, she just asked me why I wasn't answering my phone. Okay. >> [snorts] >> Okay. And we live right down the street from each other, so that's why she just went over to my house. Okay. Did she say why she went over there? To my house? Yeah. Because I wasn't answering my phone. Okay. And so, that was like it was just obviously that I didn't answer cuz it was a lot or Yeah, it's a lot cuz cuz I usually always answer. Okay. And so, um [clears throat and snorts] where was Aiden at this time? Um at school. Okay, so he's at school. Yeah. Okay. And who usually picks him up? Um it just depends if it's my parents. If my niece is there, my niece goes to the same after school program. Mhm. Or it just depends if he has soccer practice and stuff. Well, Okay. So, it sounds like a collective effort. Yeah. Who was going to pick him up today? My mom was going. Okay. And I think that's why my mom was calling me. Okay. Just to make sure. Okay. All right. Um so, you said you're kind of disoriented. She's asking if you weren't answering your phone. Um uh I mean, who who is it that's like Where is Audriel? Was it you? Was it grandma? Yeah, whenever she walked in, she was like, "Where's Audriel?" And I like just kind of like everything was just kind of like collecting pieces, so I saw her and I was like, "In the room." I was like, "We were sleeping." So, we went inside my bedroom. That's where I didn't find him. Okay. So, you told her we were sleeping, so he's got to be in the room. And then obviously he wasn't in his bassinet. All right? He wasn't anywhere else, and then so, it sounds like you clicked, right? And I guess you remember it was you had put him in the tub. So, you rush into the bathroom. Is that correct? Yes. And you find him in there. All right, so tell me about how you find him. So, kind of set that scene for me a little bit. How did you find him? Um he the the thing was in the middle. And he was like on the side. Like up inside the bathtub. Okay. When you say the thing, do you mean that seat? Yeah, that um the support thing. >> a bath seat or something, right? I Um and so, he wasn't in the seat anymore. Yeah, I think it tipped over. Okay, so he was out of the seat. Okay. Um And was he What was his body position like? He was just laying up. Like laying on his back on the bottom of the bathtub. Yeah. So, facing up? Yeah. Okay. Um How much water was in the tub? I don't know. Okay. Um do you remember sticking your hands in water? Do you remember him I know he was wet. I don't remember I that there was water in it. No, I just remember picking him up from the bathtub, but I don't I I know he was wet. Okay. Do you know if that water felt cold or warm or I don't know. What do you think it was at? No? Okay. Um So, the seats Was the seat kind of still where it was when you left him? It's like he just wasn't in it. Yeah. Okay. And so, when you see him, how does how does he look? I know this is a hard question, right? He just looked He looked too blue. Okay. As the interrogation progresses, Estrada's story begins to fracture. She tries to explain what happened, but her memory is inconsistent. She says she found the baby face up, pale and blue, unable to recall the water level or how much time had passed. To the investigators, those gaps are not only signs of shock, but indications of intoxication and temporal disorientation. Her description, the loss of muscle tone, cold skin, bluish color, matches a prolonged period of immersion incompatible with her claim of a recent discovery. That time gap becomes the forensic core of the case, the window in which the baby was left alone in the water. When she repeats that she doesn't know when she fell asleep, investigators interpret it as a partial denial, an unconscious attempt to admit the act without accepting full responsibility. Okay. And so, you pull him out of the tub. Um and then where did you take him after you exited the bathroom? I grabbed him and wrapped him in a towel. And I I grabbed a towel with my clean hands. I had thrown away the wet towel Audriel was I grabbed that towel. It was a pink towel. I grabbed it, laid Audriel on it. Like in the middle [clears throat] of the bed or something. Okay. And then called my mom on one of my mom's phones. Okay, so you called 911 from your mom's phone. Yeah. Okay. So, obviously there's a lot going on, right? Sounds like obviously it's a very you know, a very traumatic experience. There's a lot that's going on. So, like grandma was upset. She's throwing stuff. Everyone's upset, obviously, right? So, it's an awful situation. Um Did you retrieve your phone at any point during this thing? I don't remember that. >> [music] >> I know whenever she gave me her phone, I don't know if I was trying to look for my phone or I have no idea where my phone was at. Okay. Okay. Um what kind of phone do you have? Um it's an iPhone 14 Plus. It has the purple case. Purple case? Yeah. Okay. Um And that was um if it's not on you, right? No. So, you left it in there. I think so. Did you remember using it when you were before all this happened, like before you fell asleep and stuff? Uh Before I fell asleep, probably, yeah. Okay. Um And like both iPhones um they require like a PIN number and stuff. What's the PIN number for the phone? It's 4275. 4275. Okay. Um >> [snorts] >> Okay. So, just a few just a few things, right? Um Obviously, when stuff like this happens, even for law enforcement, right? There's a lot of the officers that respond. Um you know, detectives will show. There's a lot of people that kind of coordinate to to do certain investigations. Um and so, in doing that, I talked to I just a lot of a lot of people that work with me and other other individuals that were around or witnesses. And so, I know there was a a number of different It sounds like there was maybe some different stories that were told. Mhm. Um and so, I'm trying to figure out where those came from. So, I I know there was one um that essentially it was kind of like you and I I don't know. I'm just asking if this is something that um that was stated that uh Aiden or I'm sorry, uh Audriel had pneumonia, so you had put him down for a nap, and both of you fell asleep. That's something that came through somewhere. Does that Is that something >> today. Yeah. Is that something that you told somebody or Not that I know of. I had like his pediatrician like knew that um baby was coughing really bad. Okay. So, he knew it like my job. I even told him that he was coughing pretty bad. That was my hang up so, that's why I was going to take the day off and I couldn't go in. Okay. But I'm saying like today. So, obviously I know like you've talked to a a few people, right? >> Yeah. Family members, I know that we talked with the mom. There was officers that had arrived. We also spoke briefly with paramedics. Um so, all these people are I would say all these people are hearing and they're giving different stories of what you told them. So, I'm just wondering where those came from, right? Um you know, one of the statements that was made that they were telling me was made by you. I'm just trying to run it by you and check. Was that you who put Aiden down because he had pneumonia, and then both of you fell asleep, and then you woke up and you found him unresponsive? No. Okay, so you didn't tell anybody that. >> No. Okay. Um I had told her that he had walking pneumonia like the beginning of the year. Okay. And he had a really bad cough, but no, I I never said that. And then and then maybe I mean, there's sometimes people have different perceptions or they just say something and they interpret it a different way. I'm just I went a little crazy earlier. Honestly, it was really it's really sad and then But yeah, no, Okay. Okay. Um So, obviously, we applied for a search warrant for your house, which is pretty um pretty standard in these sort of situations. Um and I think I kind of maybe I briefly told you about that when we were outside talking to freezing. I can't remember. But so we applied for a search warrant for your home and obviously they have to go in there. I went in there with my >> [music] >> to take a look at Aubrey. Like I told you, he's not going to be alone tomorrow when he when he goes to OMI and has an autopsy. I know you were concerned about him being alone and him not wanting to be alone. He's not going to be alone. So I'll be there with him. I like I like I'd always like to tell make sure I tell parents that, you know, these situations are hard and although you can't be there and other members of your family can be there, someone will be there with him. You know, I'll be there. So he won't be alone. Um We went in I went in there with OMI. I took a look and I didn't notice that Aubrey had that he had. So that's something I was going to ask you about. Um you know, a lot of times we'll go look we have we have to look around. That's the whole purpose of the search warrant. Um so one thing I did notice when we were going through there there was a pretty a pretty There was a lot of empty alcohol containers. So you're the only adult that lives there, right? So is it safe to say that you're the one that's consuming that? Um I was consuming that. I did have a couple friends over. Okay. >> Um and then honestly I would We go to and call my boyfriend Thomas who like, you know, not drinking but like it was here and there. I haven't I've been home here and there but it's been inconsistent honestly. And I have had friends over. Okay. In the next phase of questioning, detectives confront Estrada with the results of the home search. The report describes a deteriorated environment where alcohol consumption was routine and part of daily life. For police, this was not a household accident but the culmination of a sustained pattern of neglect. Estrada tries to minimize the findings insisting she doesn't drink regularly yet both her testimony and the physical evidence reveal an active addiction that had completely eroded her ability to provide care. In the investigator's view, what happened that day was not an isolated incident but the inevitable outcome of a repeated ignored behavior. Um and you said that you have had a couple of you had a couple friends over. And and let me let me say this again. You're an adult. All right, as long as you're of legal drinking age, that's not necessarily um what I'm concerned with. I'm just trying to figure out. You know, I I I I There was just a lot, right? >> I had to take it out of my trash. And nobody noticed like I haven't cleaned. I did not want to be home. Clean anything like that. So I haven't >> [music] >> been cleaning at all. Okay. Um Any You said you had a couple of friends over. How many friends did you have over? Two. Two. Okay. Um who who are they? Uh so um her name is Kelly. Okay. And the other one? And then um I don't remember her last name honestly. Okay. Um and when were they over? Um Not this weekend. Probably a few days before that. Um so so you're saying not this weekend so you do a few days we're back to the Is it like Was it during the week or was it during the week? >> It was probably like on a Sunday. Like not this last Sunday but probably the last Sunday. Okay. Probably this one. Okay. And they were over at your apartment? >> Yeah. Okay. Um and where was Aubrey at? Uh he was with me. Okay. He was sleeping. And Aiden? He was with his dad. He was with his dad. Okay. Okay. Um >> [snorts] >> Cuz again, the reason I asked is there's some in the trash, there's some in your bathroom on the floor or there Yeah, it it just overflowed honestly. So I I know I have neglected my house and it was so bad but Okay. There's There's also a bottle in the vanity in your bathroom. Like a large fit basically. That was in your bathroom like in the Just in there? Inside the vanity. Is that right? >> remember that honestly. Okay. Okay. Um Any sort of drinking today? I did have a shot. Okay. While I was doing laundry. Okay. >> [music] >> Okay. Um shot of what? Um it was Pink [clears throat] Whitney. What is that? Um >> I mean it's a bottle so I Yeah, it's it's a vodka. Okay. Is that like what you normally like to drink? Um it just depends honestly. >> [snorts] >> And so you had a shot like a one of the little ones or something? Um and was this When was this? Like Was this while Aubrey was in the bath? Was this when you No, he was sleeping. Yeah. So Okay. Um Okay. Um So he was sleeping and you just took that shot. Just that one shot. Okay. Um I noticed like so many little bottles but we did make jungle juice as well like a while back. Okay. So it's they've been just lingering. I haven't cleaned the house which I feel terrible but Okay. Okay. Okay. So >> [snorts] >> So you put him down for his nap about 10. He woke up at 12. And from 10 to 12 is when you took that shot. Okay. >> Yeah, he woke up like um over one honestly. I know he slept for a couple hours and yeah, that's when All right. Okay. Um Okay. Um So you took that one shot. It was a little tiny little little shooters. It was that Pink Whitney vodka. Um And but nothing else. No, I just ate watermelon and stuff like that. Okay. Um Okay. Are you doing okay? Yeah. >> need any water or anything like that? >> No. Okay. Uh I'm going to take a quick little break. Um And then we'll come back in and then we'll chat a little bit more. Um You sure you don't need anything? You don't want anything? No, I'm okay. I'm drinking a self water. Okay. Do you really have any questions before we I don't think right now. Okay. Just give us a few minutes. You sure you don't need anything? I'm okay. All right. We'll just be right back in, okay? Are you sure? Do you need anything at all? Probably a little bit. All right. We'll be and we'll be right back, okay? As the interview continues, the investigators shift their focus from reconstructing the scene to evaluating credibility. They analyze pauses, tone, and omissions, standard tools in serious crime interviews, and identify a pattern often seen in cases of negligence linked to substance abuse. The constant oscillation between guilt and self-justification. Estrada alternates between tears and defensive statements insisting that she's not a bad mother and that it was just an accident. For investigators, these are not confessions but emotional defense mechanisms. In forensic psychology, such responses reflect the effort to preserve a positive self-image while facing actions that contradict it. Outside the room, detectives compare notes. The child's death is already proven but what remains is to determine the precise degree of criminal responsibility that can stand up in court. When they return, the interview will move from the emotional to the procedural marking the beginning of a formal confession. All right. Sorry to keep you waiting. Um so here's what's going to happen. I told you about your cell phone. That's going to be We're going to hold on to that for a little bit and we'll have to as well. This is going to happen the rest of the evening, okay? This officer is going to place you under arrest. All right? We do have a warrant for your arrest. Um You'll be able to get a copy of it. You'll kind of see the charges are obviously child neglect leading to death, okay? Um he's going to transport you. Again, I asked you like I talked about earlier like you've been very cooperative. Um You know, I think it it kind of be in your in your best interest to be cooperative moving forward in terms of, you know, letting him do what he needs to do. He's a great guy. He's a good cop. Be good to him. Be respectful to him. He's going to be respectful to you, okay? Like I said earlier, this sucks, all right? This is a situation. Um that arrest warrant is signed by a judge but I was only drafted and I signed it based on the totality of everything that's happened, right? I This is something that I have to do. Right? Um while I don't necessarily think you wanted to hurt your child, you did do some stuff that essentially led up to what occurred. All right? And so that's the that's the reason that made the decision for kind of what we have there. All right? Um So he's going to place you under arrest now. Just be be good to him. Okay? And he'll be respectful and good to you. Okay? >> I need to talk to you. So what happens you go to jail, you'll get an arraignment, right? And at that point the judge will decide kind of if what your bond will be. I can't tell you what that's going to be. I I don't make those decisions, and we'll kind of go from there. Um from there it kind of just goes to like judicial judicial proceedings, right? Um the DA's office will get it, and then we'll move [music] forward with whatever charges or whatever they feel is appropriate at that time. Okay? All right, let me stand up. You can put the blanket on the Can you turn around for [clears throat] me? You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking that my phone is in my brother's room. Do you know their phone numbers? I have it on the opposite side of the end of the number. I know my sister's number. Okay. So, that's probably the going to be the best I can do as far as calling. So, she'll get a you'll get a chance to make phone calls. We don't in the interview room. Give you a phone to have you do it or anything like that, but >> [snorts] >> Do you have any other questions? So, they won't find anything in there either? Who? My phone. Uh Yeah, I mean I I can if you want me to, I can maybe try calling one of your sisters. I think I have um Probably the oldest. What's her I have a I So, I I know one of These are the ones So, her phone was the one in the apartment, right? The one in my mom's phone. And there was there was two. So, sister said that her phone is in there, too. I know there's two. We took three phones out. Okay, probably. >> So, I'll call her. I I have a number I have a contact number. I'll call one of your sisters and try to get a hold of them and let them I'll let them know kind of what happened, and um that way at least they can kind of at least they know where you're at, right? Okay? Thank you. You're welcome. Just step this way. And then how do you dispose of this? I have no idea. Is that your blanket? Yeah. Yeah. I'll just leave it for now. Just throw it. Just throw it in here. Uh throw it in the evidence room if you don't mind. No, just right here. On these tables. Thank you. All right, go ahead and have a seat, please. And then a little bit Okay, that's good. The case of Edith Estrada-Sagala became one of Albuquerque's most disturbing child incidents of 2025. She was formally charged with child resulting in death, a first-degree felony under NMSA 30-6-1. Although there was no direct intent to harm, the law draws no distinction between malice and omission when a child is a result. The court granted pretrial release under strict conditions, no alcohol, no contact with minors, and no travel outside of the state. The decision, consistent with New Mexico's 2016 constitutional reform eliminating cash bail, sparked public debate over the balance between presumption of innocence and child protection. Experts agree that Estrada did not act out of violence, but as a result of a chronic addiction that overwhelmed her capacity to care. Her spontaneous confession and physical evidence established a case of criminal negligence that is difficult to dispute. In the most favorable judicial scenario, she faces between 12 and 15 years in prison with a possibility of reduction for cooperation and treatment.