U.S. nurse arrested in shocking case involving severe injuries to premature babies.
A former nurse has been arrested in the United States for child abuse after three premature babies were left with “unexplainable fractures” at a Virginia hospital.
The 26-year-old suspect, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, was charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse over the disturbing infant injuries at Hernia Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond last month.
Henrico County Police in a press release said the premise were found with inexplicably broken bones in late November and early December. This comes after four babies — including a newborn with a fractured leg — were hurt in the same unit in the summer of 2023, police said.
“’The Henrico County Police Division is utilizing all available resources to ensure a thorough investigation into this matter,” the department said.
The hospital is currently no longer accepting babies into the neonatal intensive care unit out of abundance of caution — and has taken steps to beef up security.
The hospital in a statement said: “In late November/December, we discovered that three babies in our Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU had unexplainable fractures, similar to an incident involving four babies in the summer of 2023.
We initiated a thorough internal investigation, informed the families and notified the proper authorities and regulatory agencies and worked collaboratively with them on their investigations.”
