[screaming] This woman in the yellow shirt is Edith [music] Estrada Sagala's mother. Minutes ago, she was desperately comforting her daughter, believing her claim that she had simply fallen asleep while preparing a bath for her 7-month-old baby. >> I took a little bath today, thinking it would help. I passed out. I did. Unbeknownst to her, officers inside were uncovering evidence that would [music] shatter everything she believed and force her to confront the terrifying truth about what her daughter had really done. >> Do you want to take uh pictures of this real quick? >> Yeah, sure. >> Some more booze whiskey. >> In order for you to still have a smell of alcohol on you like that, you would have had to have been insanely drunk this morning still for it to still be on you right now. On Monday, March 3rd, 2025, a frantic 911 call sent emergency crews racing to a home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where two women were desperately performing CPR on 7-month-old Adriel, who wasn't breathing. Firefighters arrived within minutes and immediately took over. But as police began looking into what had happened, the apparent accident became increasingly difficult to explain. >> So baby's probably not going to make it. And the family's pretty hysterical. Um the lady in the yellow, I think, is his grandma. She's going to lose it. Um I mean, they're probably all >> Adri's family begged to be let back inside, but firefighters needed the house cleared while they worked on him. And behind that closed door, Adriel's condition was getting worse. So hands are cold. >> Adriel was already cold to the touch. And despite the medic's continuing CPR, they still could not find a heartbeat. Outside, officers tried to piece together how a 7-month-old, had ended up in this condition, [music] but getting answers from the family would not be easy. The woman on the floor is Adriel's mother, 29-year-old Edith Estrada Sagala. Beside her is Edith's sister, while the woman in the yellow shirt, and the man standing nearby are their parents. Edith's family regularly helped her care for Adriel and her older son. But that morning, Edith had been home alone with the baby. I know. >> Sister sister. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> I can see ours too. Grandma, grandpa sounds LIKE A REALLY BAD move for a few days. I'm afraid you can't see us just yet. The firemen need to focus on their work. >> Once Edith was finally able to speak, officers asked her the question everyone needed answered. What had happened to Adreel? >> He had pneumonia at the beginning of the year. Okay. >> Today, he woke up. He's been stuffy all weekend. He's been stuffy for the last weekend. I [laughter] took him back to thinking it would help. I passed out. I did. I'm passed out and he's been up all night just with the stuffy throwing up. >> You passed out after giving him a bath. >> No water was running. >> Edith was distraught and much of her explanation was difficult to follow, but officers understood the central claim. She had been preparing a bath for Adrio when she somehow fell asleep. >> Yeah, you're still on that. What happened? >> Um once they they work on her. Um hopefully they get a pulse. If not, we're going to sadly tell you, but they're trying their best. Okay, they're still working. Looks like he had a pneumonia pneumonia, too. Just like him in daycare started working. I called him to work today cuz it's been just so bad. Just as the reality of the situation began settling in for Edith, things got worse. The officers had to tell her what no parent wants to hear. >> To listen to me, please. So, my buddy just told me that inside the firemen have stopped doing CPR. They talked to the doctor on the phone and because there are no signs of life for 20 minutes, [snorts] uh, Adriel has to wait too. [screaming] [screaming] This isn't happening. Just for a little bit. Okay. Just for a little bit. [laughter] We need to go downstairs. We need to go down. [screaming] [screaming] >> [screaming] [screaming] >> No, it's not. No, it's not. No, it's not. [screaming] >> The family was still struggling to process Adriel's death, but investigators could not simply allow them back inside. until they understood exactly what had happened. Edith's apartment was locked down. >> Edith, I'm very sorry for your loss. So, my name's Tomas. I'm the officer that's going to be writing a report for this incident. I don't know if any of the other officers have kind of told you what's going on. >> So, we basically have to treat everything like a crime scene until it's not. And it's not just with this case, but with all cases where someone dies outside of a hospital. Um, so as you can see, our crime team investigators here today, but due to the age of Adrian, Adriel, we have to have our detectives, the crimes against children unit come out, and that's what basically what we're waiting on. Edith, may I ask if Adriel's father's in the picture at all? >> No, >> he's not at all. And your other son went with his father, correct? >> Yes. Yes. >> With Mr. Torres? >> Yes. Okay. >> Yes. >> And when this happened, were you were you the only one home? Okay. >> Because Edith had been the only adult home with Adreel, detectives needed her to come with them and provide a complete statement. On the surface, Edith appeared to have given the same explanation each time. She had been preparing Adriel's bath and accidentally fell asleep, but small details had shifted with every retelling. Edith may not have noticed those changes, but the detectives had, and now they wanted to know which version was true. Again, we just want to make sure we kind of figure out what's going on and and and make sure we we do what's best for for other when I ask you questions or I'm going to kind of ask you to give me kind of a rundown of of what happened, right? The best way I can describe it is is if I ask you for example [clears throat] to let's say tell me how you brush your teeth in the morning, right? The kind of detail I want from you isn't, oh, you get the get my toothbrush, I put toothpaste on and I brush my teeth, right? more. So, I get my blue Colgate toothbrush and then I get my Colgate toothpaste and I open the lid. Does that make sense? That I put the toothpaste on, then I put it against my teeth and rub it back and forth. So, any detail that you can provide like that is definitely what I what I kind of want to hear so I can kind of make sure I get the a very clear picture of kind of what happened and what's going on. Right? If you don't remember, let's just say that, you know, don't guess. You know, you don't have to make anything up. and I definitely don't want you to tell me something that didn't happen. >> So, last night around dinner time, [snorts] um I was at my boyfriend's house. I spent the entire weekend there. Um dinner time, we were putting he has kiddos, so I have two. So, we're putting the kids to sleep. I did notice I had like a weird cough still very like flemwise and like so we were kind of like keeping a night on it, giving them a bottle. The kids went to sleep. I slept there. Other guy was in a what is it called? Play pen. Play pen. >> We didn't notice he was like choking a lot and he was just coughing up the flat but was swallowing back. So that was like keeping him up all night. And then from there um I was supposed to go into well so during the night like he just kept waking up. And then I mean I made him probably like two bottles. And then this morning he woke up. My boyfriend barely went back to work after breaking his leg. So this was like his first day back to us. Okay. >> So then I ended up calling him to work. I went back to my house, showered again, and then that way I could take him to school, made him lunch. I took him to school and then came back, just kind of started cleaning up. I am moving out of that apartment. So the apartments are chaotic, so I've been just kind of in and out of my boyfriend's. So, I was letting my apartment go. I was just going to try my best to kind of gather everything and see what I was going to put in storage. I took a bottle in the morning and all that. And then was just kind of cleaning up, doing some laundry. He was just there watching cartoons, but he does have a diaper rash, which we've been trying to control for daycare. So, once we started the bath, that way he could breathe as well cuz he was choking up. I swear B. I closed the door that way steamy. I got him undressed. He was wearing some pants. He was wearing a long sleeve shirt. I undressed him and I put his toys in. I put him in there. Since I was still doing laundry, I went to the room and I was still waiting for the dryer to be done. He was just playing with his toys, but I don't know how I just fell asleep. So, I laid down and I fell asleep. So, whenever I got up and my mom was knocking the door, I didn't hear my phone. She had called me, but I didn't hear my phone. I think my phone was like on low. So, when I opened the door, I was just kind of half asleep. I opened the door. It was my mom. So then she asked me about Adrien and I went back inside the room and I was still half asleep. I I I I I couldn't put two two and two together because I didn't see him in his bassinet. But then right away I rushed to the bathtub and that's when I found him. And then I I took him out. He was just laying there and I took him out and went to the living room and then I called 911 right away. >> Yeah, we were admitted in the hospital the beginning of the year with [ __ ] pneumonia and he was there I think like a week, a week and a half on oxygen as well. So they wouldn't release us. I think we got released the beginning of the year but he was there since like the end of December. >> Detective Tomas began by walking Edith through the hours leading up to Adriel's death. parts of the timeline already seemed questionable, but rather than challenge her immediately, he kept the conversation calm and allowed her to keep talking. >> Okay. And then you said that you were kind of up all night and that you called in to work this morning. What was the reason that you called into work? >> Uh, I just wanted to make sure was okay. >> And you said that your um that your boyfriend finally went back to work, I guess today from breaking his leg. >> Mhm. >> Okay. You called him to work. He went to work about what time do you think he left his apartment? >> 7 7:30 around there. >> Yeah. >> Okay. [snorts] Um and then you got back home. What time do you think you got back home at? >> Maybe like around 8. >> And then you showered Ian? >> Yes. >> Um and then you took him to school. What time did you take him to school at? >> Took him around like 9. >> What time do you think you got back home at? >> So like 5 minutes after. Yeah. >> About 9:10 or so. Yeah, except for Grand Street. >> And then um you're kind of uh over there. You're kind of hanging out other girls watching cartoons kind of it sounds like the day kind of >> Yeah. to progress basketball. >> Okay. What time do you take a nap at? >> Like 10. >> Okay. >> This was a broad version of events leading up to the accident, but the detectives needed specifics. >> So I knew he wakes up. He has a bottle. You guys are playing. You decided to give him a bath. So reasonably sometime in the afternoon is when you decide you're in this bath. Okay. So I'm assuming >> like I talked about the details, right? Brushing your teeth, right? So um so I'm assuming you go into the bathroom and what what exactly did you do >> to start the um so I went inside the the bathroom the bathtub >> and then filled it up. Put his toys in there. put his um I don't know what it was called like a tip in there >> like a like a bath like a baby bath but it like it helps support them while you wash them. >> Yeah. So I put that and then um I just let the water get steamy. I close the door that way steamy in there. Me and him kept being in the living room while I was filling up. >> Do you know how much I mean might be a weird question but do you know about how much water you usually put in the tank? I put like halfways. >> Like half >> like half. Yeah. Half full. >> So then um you get see me take off his clothing. Um and then you put him in the bathtub, right? >> Yeah, I took off his clothing in the living room. >> In the living room. Okay. >> So you set him in the bathtub. Did you immediately like go continue about your like what you needed to get done or did you hang out with him for a little bit or >> hang out with him for a little bit? >> He was just relaxing. his toys. >> Okay. And then then at some point you left, right? >> Yeah. So the the um the dryer stopped the washer and the dryer right next to like the bathroom. >> So was that what prompted you to leave the bathroom? >> Yes. I left the door a little bit cracked open. Switching out the clothes really fast. >> I'm assuming they switched out you mean? >> Yeah. I took off the dryer and you loaded the washer really quick. >> Okay. Okay. And so once you finished doing that, what did you do >> from there? I went to the room and I'm gonna try to get his stuff ready. Yeah. >> Okay. So you're going to get his stuff ready. And by stuff you mean >> like his diaper, the rash cream, little clothes, and lotion. >> And then you said you sat on your bed. >> Yeah. >> Um and then see you fell asleep. >> [clears throat] >> Edith's account had now changed in a crucial way. Earlier, she appeared to suggest that Adreel had been with her when she fell asleep. Now, she admitted placing him in the bathtub, leaving the bathroom to deal with the laundry, and eventually lying down in her bedroom. Adreel was only 7 months old. He could not sit safely in a bathtub without supervision, much less climb out if something went wrong. Yet, Edith had left him there alone with only the bathroom door cracked open. Then Edith revealed another detail, one that could help explain how she had fallen asleep while her baby remained in the bathtub. I've >> been um dealing with postpartum depression. So, I've been trying my best to try and um I don't know, that's why I've been just with my boyfriend or like with my mom. So, not that I can't be alone, but I'm just tired. I'm doing this 100% just with him. Aiden goes with this stuff 50/50. So, we didn't have them 100% time. school. >> Yeah, >> it's been a little challenging. >> All right. So, at some point you hear you said your mom was knocking at your door, right? >> The doorbell. Yeah. >> Uh there's a doorbell. >> Okay. So, mom's ringing doorbell. Do you know what time that was? >> I honestly don't remember. >> So, you also mentioned that you 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 I when I opened the door, she asked me why I wasn't answering my phone. >> Oh, but I hadn't seen where it was at the door. >> And she just asked you how come? >> Yeah, as soon as I open the door, she just asked me why I wasn't answering my phone. >> Did she say why she went over there? >> Can I help? >> Yeah, >> because I wasn't answering your phone. And so that was like which is obviously is that uncharacteristic or is that odd or >> Yeah, it's a little bit odd because I usually always answer. >> And so um where was Aiden at this time? >> Um at school. >> Okay. So he's still at school. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Who was going to pick him up today? >> So I was supposed to pick him up. Yeah. >> But I think that's why my mom was calling me. >> You just said you're kind of disoriented. She's asking I'm going to answer your phone. I mean who who is it that's like where is Are? Was it you? What was it? Grandma was >> Yeah. Whenever she walked in, she was like, "Where's Sia?" 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 and like we were sleeping. So we went inside my bedroom and that's whenever >> And then obviously he wasn't in his bassinet, right? And he [snorts] wasn't anywhere else. And then so it sounds like you clicked, right? And I guess remember that he was you had put him in the tub. >> So you rush into the bathroom. Is that correct? >> Yeah. >> And you find him in there, right? So tell me about how you find him. So kind of said that scene for me a little bit. How did you find him? >> He the the thing was in the middle and he was like on the side like of inside the bathtub. >> Okay. When you say the thing, do you mean that seat? >> Yeah. Um it's like a bath seat or something, right? I >> um And so he wasn't in the seat anymore. >> He had like I think over >> Okay. So he was out of the seat. >> Okay. And was he What was his body position like? [music] >> He was just laying up >> like laying on his back on the bottom of the tub. >> Okay. >> So facing up. >> Yeah. >> Okay. How much water was in the tub? >> I honestly don't remember that. >> Okay. Um, do you remember sticking your hands in water? Do you remember? >> I know he was wet. I don't remember like if there was water or not. I just remember picking him up from the fat, but I don't I know he was wet. Do >> you know if that water felt cold or warm or >> I don't >> any temperature? No. Okay. So, the seats was the seat kind of still where it was when you left him and he just wasn't it? >> Okay. And so when you see him, how does how does he look? I know this is a hard question. >> Blue. Okay. >> Describing how she found Adriel caused Edith to break down again. But as painful as the conversation was, Detective Tomas could not ignore the discrepancies in the accounts she had already given. >> Just a few things, right? Obviously, when stuff like this happens, even for law enforcement, right? There's original officers that respond. Detectives will show up. there's a lot of people that kind of culminate to to do these sort of investigations. Um, and so in doing that, I've talked to just a lot of uh a lot of people that work with me and other other individuals that were around, other witnesses. [music] And so I know there was a number of different it sounds like there was maybe some different stories that were told. >> Um, and so I'm trying to figure out where those came from. So, I know there was one um that essentially it was kind of like um [snorts] you and I don't know. I'm just asking if this is [music] something that um that was stated that uh Aiden or I'm sorry Adreel 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 pneumonia? I had uh like as a kid and like knew that um baby was coughing really bad. >> Okay. >> So he knew like my job I even told him that he was coughing pretty bad. I was making him gag. 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 few people right? Um >> family members. I know that we talked with OMI. There was officers that um had arrived. Um, we also spoke briefly with paramedics. Um, so all these people are I wouldn't say all these people, but there's a few of them that are giving different stories of what you told them and I'm just wondering where those came from. Right. Um, you know, one of the statements that was made that they were telling me it was made by you. I'm just trying to run it by you check >> was that you would put Aan 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, we didn't tell anybody. >> No, I had told him that he had bumping pneumonia of [music] like the beginning of the year and I had a really bad cough but no I never and and maybe I mean there's sometimes people have different perceptions or you say something and they interpret it a different way. I'm just trying to figure a little crazy earlier. >> Obviously, I feel like it's pretty settling now, >> but Edith could argue that the first responders had misunderstood her comments about Adriel's pneumonia. But the next discrepancy came directly from something she had told Detective Tomas himself. >> Obviously, we applied for a search warrant for a house, which is pretty 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 and freezing. I can't remember. But so we applied for a search room for her home and obviously we have to go in there. >> This entire time Edith was so caught up in the aftermath of the accident that she didn't realize her own home would become evidence against her and Detective Tomas had already been there to see all of it. [snorts] bedroom. The house was in complete disarray. Nearly every room was cluttered, including the bedroom, where Edith [music] claimed she'd accidentally fallen asleep. The refrigerator contained very little food. But what immediately caught the officer's attention was a trash can overflowing with alcohol containers. And as they continued searching, they discovered the trash can was only the beginning. >> You want to take uh want a picture of this real quick? >> Yeah, sure. >> More booze whiskey or whatever the hell it is. And then take the last bottle of that cabinet there too. The bottom left cabinet. >> Oh. >> Uh, yeah. Just open that. >> Yeah. Something Amsterdam something. >> Officers found alcohol bottles and cans throughout the apartment, including inside the bathroom where Adriel had drowned. Edith was the only adult living there and was responsible for two young children, making the amount of alcohol inside the home especially concerning to investigators. A lot of times when we'll go look, we have we have to look around. That's the whole purpose of a search warrant. Um, so one thing I did notice um when we were going through there, there was a pretty 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. >> [snorts] >> Um, and then honestly I would leave the house and go to my boyfriend's house or 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. >> Um, and you said that you have had a couple of you had a couple of friends over and let me let me start saying you're an adult, right? As long as you're the legal drinking age that's not necessarily um what I'm concerned with. I'm just trying to figure out, you know, I >> there was just a lot, right? I'm trying to figure out my trash in a while, you know. It's like >> I have not cleaned. I did not want to be home or anything like that. So, I haven't deep cleaned at all. >> Any And 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 Felicia Romero. >> Any other? And then um Joanna, I don't remember her last name, honestly. >> Um when were they over? >> Not this weekend. Probably a few days before that. Um >> so let's see. Not this weekend. So if you do a few days, we're back to the Is it like was it during the weekend or was it during the weekend? >> Probably like on a Sunday. Like not this past Sunday, but probably last Sunday. >> Okay. >> Before that. >> Okay. And they were over at your apartment. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um and where was Abra? >> Uh he was with me. Okay. >> Where he was sleeping >> and Aiden? >> He was with his dad. >> Aiden and his dad. Okay. There's there's also a bottle in the vanity in your bathroom like a large like a fifth basically in your bathroom like in the >> just in there >> inside the vanity. [clears throat] Does that make sense? >> I don't remember that honestly. >> Okay. Any sort of drinking today? >> I did have a shot while I was doing laundry. >> Um shot what? >> Um it was pink Whitney. What is that? I mean, it's not a wobble, so I I just don't know what. >> Okay. Is that like what you normally drink? >> Um, just depends, honestly. >> And so, you had a shot like a one of the little ones or Okay. And was this when was this like [snorts] was this while other was in the back? Was this when you >> No, he was sleeping. Yeah. >> Okay. So, he was sleeping. You just took that shot. Just that one shot. Okay. I know there's like so many little bottles, but we did make jungle juice since I saw like a while back. Okay, >> so they've been just lingering. I haven't cleaned the house, which I feel terrible, but >> So you put him down for his nap about 10:00 and he woke up at 12:00 and from 10:00 to 12:00 is when you took that shot. Okay. >> Yeah, he woke up like at 12:00 or 1, honestly. I know he slept for a couple hours. And yeah, that's when >> So you took that one shot was a little tiny. one of those little shooters. Was that pink whitney vodka and but nothing else? >> No, I just ate watermelon and stuff like that. This was the first time Edith admitted drinking alcohol on the morning Adriel died. And the admission came only after Detective Tomas confronted her with what officers had found inside her home. Until then, she had left that detail out entirely. Even now, however, Detective Tomas felt that she was still not giving him the whole truth. So you said that you you're essentially I mean you you are a single mom cuz one of your kiddos dad's not in the picture, right? So the other one dad's there so you have that help but obviously you have a seven-month-old, right? And stuff still needs to get done around the house. I know how that is. Have you ever have you ever given him a bath and put him in there and had to run around and do other things before? >> No. usually have a prayer in there and then I'll walk in the bathroom [snorts] just like if I have to go to my room really quick, I'll go to my room, >> but I don't like do stuff not nearby because obviously like the bathroom's right there, my room's right there. Washer, dryer's right there, but not anywhere else around my house. I just stay in that little area. >> Okay. So, you would like maybe sometimes would you do laundry then before? Like is this >> I've done it before. Yeah. Where like I just put loads in. >> Okay. But always the door open as well. >> And whenever he was taking a bath, the door was open as spot. >> Um, so you kind of try and get those little tasks done while So can you see him when you're doing laundry? >> Yeah, I leave I leave the bathtub door open, but usually I stay in there with him. I'll watch a show. Just kind of stay next to the bathtub. >> Okay. >> Um, just depends on >> And you said that that you had left the door cracked when he was in there. And could you still see him with the door cracked? >> Yeah, it stays. It's not just cracked, but it stays open. >> Okay. Um, and then like when you're walking, when you're in your room, can you see them in the bathtub? So, you can see them from your room. >> Mhm. >> They've been in your room and there's parts that have there's a wall and the bathroom's here. So, >> well, like from the door, yes, I could see. >> Okay. So, from the doorway you can see, but not if you enter the restroom, right? >> Okay. I know you had mentioned that you were kind of dealing with postpartum, right? How are you like coping with that? Do you do you have >> I go to therapy? >> Okay. >> Um and this kind of just it happened with my first MS as well with that. I feel like I put it off for a while and didn't really let it hit me. >> Mhm. >> And then it hit me all at once, honestly. >> Okay. And so where do you go to therapy at? Um, so she's her own um she has her own kind of like practice and we do it like through um it's um she uses this like but honestly >> um I don't remember the name. It used to be better help. I don't remember the name now on so I I know I should be caring for myself more but I don't. So, I feel like that's whenever it kind of hit me and I I didn't want to be alone very much or I don't know, I would kind of run to my mom's or my sisters or I not that I just didn't want to be home, but I I don't know, I it was just overwhelming at a certain point and I just kind of gave up on being in my own house. So, being like having someone else's company would help me out a lot. >> Okay. And you said that you were you're getting ready to move, right? >> Yeah. >> What's the reason that you're moving? Um, like I said, I just don't want to be alone. I've been alone after being a single mom for years. So, >> where were you trying to go? >> Uh, my boyfriend's house. >> Okay. >> She claimed she was hardly staying there anymore, but that did not explain why two young children were still living among the clutter, limited food, and empty alcohol containers officers had found inside. >> Here's the deal, right? I appreciate you. You I think you've been honest with us about a lot of stuff, right? which I appreciate because it's of course it's I mean we our job as detectives and investigators is to go in and then that's why we do search warrants and we talk to people and we look at things and um you I've been in this unit for 6 years so I've done a lot seen a lot haven't done everything haven't seen everything and I learned something new every day um but I have done a lot right I've seen a lot and so when when you're honest it's kind of easier to kind of cuz we can kind of see and from talking to people kind of figure out what's going on so I appreciate you be honest to some degree. I think there's probably some things that we're not being completely honest about and those are things that we probably need to talk about, right? I know that uh you know, you said that today you went to your apartment and that you were uh cleaning and getting ready to move, that kind of stuff, but then you're telling me that you have postpartum and you've just kind of shunned your apartment and you don't want anything to do with it. And then you're telling me that you had friends over a couple, you know, a week or a week and a half ago. You guys drank all this pink Whitney together and you haven't, you know, you had to take the trashes out, trashes overflowing, but then you were telling me you were cleaning all day today, right? >> Well, I I was trying to honestly my main thing, I mean, you saw my room, so I knew my room was like a wreck. So that's why I'm try to start cleaning. I don't find the motivation to finish it. So, I start something, my ADHD kicks in, I stop. [snorts] I start and then it goes away. And I've been doing that for a long time where I sit there and I want to clean and, you know, do all this to my house and I start it, don't finish it. I'll start putting the groceries away, don't finish it. And I just can't. And I know that's bad, you know, and my children should not [clears throat] be living in that type of condition or like with me like that. But I honestly like I've been trying to clean goes away. I'll clean something and then you know back to square zero at this point because I just don't want to be home anymore. >> So I asked you about kind of the timeline, right? Everything was very like we've talked about brushing brushing your teeth, right? you get your cold blue Colgate toothbrush and you get your advanced whitening toothpaste and you know whatever else right um and so I think those details when I ask you about all this all the story are very you're able to give me a lot of detail right until it comes to >> 12:00 when Audre wakes up from his nap >> Mhm. or 1:00, which is what you said, right? Maybe 10 to 1, 10 to 12, right? 1 10. >> But then from 1 to 5, those toothbrushing details I'm talking about aren't there. They disappear. >> And I'm wondering why that is. >> I fell asleep. >> Okay. >> And I don't I honestly genuinely don't remember what time I fell asleep. [clears throat] I don't remember like timeline. Usually I'll put a show in the background on my phone. I cut off all the internet in my house, so I just have my phone. So, I [music] just watch shows and I don't keep track of time like that. And I know it was during the daytime, but I fell asleep. >> So, you go into your room and you lay down. And what was your thought process when you go into your room and lay down? Like, I'm just going to close my eyes for a second. >> It wasn't even intentional. Intentional. I feel like >> Well, laying down is very intentional, >> right? No, I I sat on my bed. I sat on my bed. I was going to try to both goes and then I laid there and it wasn't even like a let me go to sleep. It was just a I went to sleep accidentally. >> Detective Tomas was no longer willing to accept that explanation without confronting the role alcohol may have played. >> Well, I don't necessarily saying that you intentionally fell asleep, right? I think that there's a reason you fell asleep, right? And I'm just trying to get to what that reason is, right? I'm going to be 100% honest with you, right? I I I believe that you did drink today, right? I don't believe it was just that shot though. And I think that's where we need to start being honest, right? >> This this sucks. All of this sucks. There's no way to look around. There's no way else to describe it. And and I pardon my language, but that's just how that's just it. It does, right? The thing is is it doesn't what you're saying kind of doesn't make sense. But I believe that you drank today. I just don't think you're being honest with me. And I think you need to be honest with me and honestly honest with yourself because >> I think that if there's an issue, right, that we the only way that that issue is going to get addressed is if you say it out loud. You admit that not just to me, right, but for yourself, for Adrielle, for Aiden, right? And and the more we try and dance around this and and hide it, the the worse the worse it is. And and honestly, you know, as an investigator, I said, "People lie to me all the time." And I, you know, I don't really lose sleep over it. I mean, it cuz it's it's [music] people just do it, right? The people that do lose sleep over the people that have to live with it in here, >> right? And people that suffer from it are those other people that are around them, whether it's your sons or your mom or your sister. you know, I I I walked into this room, you know, and and you know, I'm I'm I just turned 40 years old, right? I've done a lot of stuff. I was in college. I partied. I drank. I did, you know, I I did all that stuff. I lived that life, right? When I walked in this room, I didn't smell brand new Southeast substation air. What I smell was smelled like alcohol, right? >> In my room. >> In this room. >> Oh, okay. >> In this room, right? It's because you've been sitting in here for a few hour. I would say a few hours. Maybe an hour or so. Right? That doesn't happen from one shot. I'm just being honest with you. I'm not, you know, I I I don't want to call you a liar. You know, I think this been a very traumatic day. And people have a tendency sometimes to kind of I think you're being truthful. I still think we're being completely truthful. And people have a tendency to pad stuff when they're uh upset with themselves, when they're embarrassed, maybe when they feel like crap, to be honest with you. you know, I I don't think I don't think it's necessarily abnormal, but given the circumstance and and my experience, not only just in my job, but in life, um I I I know that we're not being truthful about how much we drank today, [music] right? And I think we need to work on that and just we because I I Edith, I was in your house, right? And I I'm telling you, I was [music] You're Wait, how old are you? You're 12. >> 20. Okay. I was when I was in college was 20, you know, 20 to 26 or something, right? I was on a long time. Don't ask me why I just it's not relevant. But alcohol had something to do. I'll tell you that right now, right? But um so I've been I've been to a lot of house parties, done my share of stuff as a as a kid um or as a young adult rather. And so I can recognize, you know, your house doesn't look like a party house, right? It looks like somebody that is that is drinking, right? and and you're the only adult that lives in middle, >> right? >> Right. So, let's just be honest with each other here, right? If you drank at 9 till drank till and didn't stop till noon, so be it. If you drank a whole fifth between while while Adriel was napping, just let just tell us, right? Let's stop doing this, right? Let's stop having that truth. It's not I don't believe that you only had one shot. and and and you know when we started talking I talked about honesty and you know a lot of that is we need to get that like I said it's not necessarily for me you know I think a lot of it's for for yourself for to get that you need to get that out because you know I'm not I'm not buying what you're selling I'm just not I'm not trying to be me I believe a lot of what you're saying I think there is a lot of truth but we're not being remember I told you around after one to five things are like me right it's either one of two things either you're hiding something Or maybe you were drunk and that's why you don't necessarily remember, right? >> It is what it is. We just need to be honest about it. So, let's >> I know 100%. I took a shot today. I did because I drank yesterday. >> So, it was just kind of to take the takeover away or like I don't know. Just >> we're going to maintain that we took one shot of this. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> This is why Detective Tomas had spent so much time establishing Edith's timeline at the beginning of the interview. The seemingly ordinary details gave him something against which he could now test every new answer she provided. >> When people party all night, right? So, we were drinking at your at your uh boyfriend's house. Is that what you're saying? Okay. So, did you get drunk last night at your boyfriend's house? >> Um, we got pretty tipsy, honestly. >> Okay. >> Um, we were cooking and stuff, so it was just like >> So, you got tipsy? >> Yeah. >> Um, so it's you, him, his kiddos, and your kiddos. And both of you guys are drinking. >> I was drinking. >> And then you wake up this morning and you're saying you were like hung over or what's >> I was a little hung over. I was I was more than anything like sleep deprived. >> Okay. So >> you're sleep deprived deprived rather. You drive from his house to [music] your house with your kiddos, take your son to school, go back home, have one shot, take the edge off, right? Take that hangover away. Here's my concern. So, we have a number of things going on here. Then, by your own admission, because if I'm still smelling a little bit of alcohol on you, that means either you were insanely drunk this morning driving your kids around or you drank when you were at home because nobody I'm telling you right now, you you're I've been in this game way too long. All right. I You're you're >> Yeah. No, I I drank yesterday. >> Okay. So, in order for you to still have a smell of alcohol on you like that, you would have had to been insanely drunk this morning still for it to still be on you right now. Or >> or you drank more than you're saying while you were at home. Let's cut this. >> I have a pretty high tolerance. I do. And yesterday we did drink um whiskey. I did. And then I didn't, you know, I didn't brush my teeth this morning. And I get it. You know, I get it. I I I'm not I'm not disagreeing with you that you drank today. We need to just be honest about how much you drank today. >> I only took one shot to take off the edge. >> So then you were insanely drunk this morning driving your kids around. >> I wasn't insanely drunk >> because there's no other way you would smell the way you smell. There's no way. So then you take one shot 12 hours ago and I still smell on you. >> I mean it's pretty hard liquor. I don't I I didn't drink today. Remember when I I >> and I'll be completely honest with you, I am. I do drink a lot. I do. Today I only drink one shot. >> Do you think you have a drinking problem? >> At this point, yeah. >> Okay. And why do you believe that? Yes. >> Obviously was going to be drinking. Yesterday I drank I'm going to take a shot like to do laundry, you know. >> So you think that's indicates you have a problem? >> I feel like Yeah. >> Okay. Which I think that's part of I think we're getting a little closer to where we need to be here, right? you know, if you think you have a drinking problem, well, then I think that's something that needs to be said out loud, right? Consider that needs to be um looked at and and something you need to try and get some help for, >> right? I'm really concerned that there's a point in time in this story that doesn't have those two special details. And my concern is is, you know, I think I if you want to know my honest opinion about what I think happened, I think you drank. I think you got buzzed or drunk or whatever, right? And I I again, I'm an adult. I don't know what it's like to drink. And I think that you were tired. I don't doubt that you're not tired, but I think that coupled with alcohol, like drinking, maybe you got a little buzz, you lay down, and you fall asleep without even knowing it, right? I think that's what happened today. And so I think the discrepancy is just how much you, right? There's [music] a there's a there's a lot of little there's a lot of vomits branch. I mean >> Yeah, I know. I usually just I do mix them. So, whenever I mix them, I just kind of throw them out. I know. >> Well, no. What's What I'm trying to think is is how Let's be honest about how much we actually drink today. Let's just do that, right? One shot. >> I'm not buying that. If you want to maintain that, you can. The problem is the only person you're doing a disservice to is yourself and your other son. So if if we want to maintain, you know, like again, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I think that really what what we need to do is is be honest. You need to be honest with honest with you 100%. My kid just died. I'm being 100% honest with you. I took one shot. I did drink a lot yesterday. >> Okay. >> I did didn't brush my teeth all day since last night. >> And did that did you get a buzz from that shot? >> Um not really. Like I said, I have a pretty high tolerance, which is bad, but I didn't get buzzed or anything. It just kind of woke me back up and then I just started like I just needed motivation to clean. >> It woke you back up, but then you fell asleep, >> right? I didn't sleep well last night till the night before last night. >> Okay. >> Under pressure, Edith gave an answer that contradicted the timeline she had repeated throughout the interview. But now her response suggested something different. I'm just a stressed out mom. I'm sorry. I My kid just died. It hasn't fully sink in. I feel like I'm stressed out. I >> It's hard the hard position to be in. >> I'm And I'm not even, you know, like I know other single moms do it and, you know, maybe I'm coping with it in a stupid way, but I it just hit me hard out of nowhere. And my kid just died and it hasn't like it won't sink in there because I was just trying to sleep. Last night I kept waking up. He kept coughing. He couldn't catch his breath. And today he's dead. Like I I I can't fully understand that because I take care of my kids. I do. >> Let me ask you a question. And this is probably our hard question, but I'm going to ask you. What do you think happened to Adriel? >> I think he probably turned around. >> He turned around >> like um what does it rolled over? Okay. >> I think she rolled over and he [clears throat] obviously drowned. The water wasn't high [music] though and had turned it off. >> Anything else that you think we need to know? >> That's it. I'm like in a shock right now. Um >> I have no idea what's going on. I have no idea what's going to happen. And I have >> I'm scared right >> scared mainly because I have to realize that my baby's dead now and obviously it was under my care which 100% I get but my kid is dead and the way I wanted him so bad was and then he just leaves this world like that. Like I I right now like my mind's just like racing and then it just stops and then it races and then it stops and and and I've always said like if my kid dies like I'll go insane. And I feel like right now it's like everything's just hitting and everything was just happening in my life and I wasn't resting. It wasn't. I was just survival mode at this point. Going to work, driving so far, paying my rent. My car like has no up to-date registration. I got pulled over. Like at this point, I'm just like trying to survive. And I feel like everything that could go wrong goes wrong. And and now my kid's dead. And it's like sinking in. And I my heart's like broken in a million pieces. And I wasn't drunk. I wasn't drunk. I was just tired. I'm tired. I'm depressed. I'm just I don't get any sleep. I don't And if I do, I feel like I don't rest. And And I have to watch a little body like that. And and and I don't even know what to say. Like I I I genuinely don't. I'm being completely 100% honest with you. Everything is honest and I'm just like [clears throat] I have no idea what's going on. Like my brain shut off when I found him. Um it's about uh got to give me a few. I'll kind of let you know what's going to go on from here forward. Um I appreciate you being cooperative. Um you know this is very serious. So, just make sure you you understand that and so I appreciate the cooperation and I just ask that it continues moving forward, right? Um, and we'll kind of just go from there. Edith was left alone for nearly an hour while detectives compared her answers with the evidence collected from her home. She had repeatedly insisted that Adriel's death was a tragic accident. [music] But her changing account, admitted alcohol use, and decision to leave him alone in the bathtub had led them to a different conclusion. All right. Sorry to keep you waiting. Um, this officer is going to place you under arrest, right? We do have a warrant for your arrest. You'll be able to get a copy of it. You'll kind of see the charges are obviously child abuse resulting in death. Okay. He's going to transport you. Again, I asked you, like I talked about earlier, like you've been very cooperative. You know, I think it it kind of be in your best interest to be cooperative moving forward in terms of, you know, let 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. That arrest warrant is signed by a judge, but I was only drafted and I signed it. Um, based on the totality of everything that's happened, right? This is something that I have to do, right? Um, while I don't necessarily think you um wanted to hurt your child, you did do some stuff that essentially led up to what occurred, right? [music] So, you're going to place under arrest now. Um, just be be [clears throat] okay. And then be respectful and good to be >> prosecutors attempted to keep Edith in custody while the case moved forward. However, on March 10th, 2025, a judge granted her pre-trial release under strict conditions. She was prohibited from drinking alcohol, using illegal drugs, leaving New Mexico without permission, or being alone with anyone under 18. Her surviving son was placed in his father's care, while Edith remained out of jail, awaiting trial on a charge of child abuse resulting in death. The case against Edith is still moving through the courts, leaving one final question unanswered. Was Adriel's death a horrific accident or the predictable result of leaving a helpless baby alone in a bathtub?