The demise of a child decapitated throughout delivery in Georgia in 2023 has been dominated a murder by the health worker.
Twenty-year-old Jessica Ross went into labor at Southern Regional Medical Heart in July 2023. After shoulder dystocia occurred, Dr. Tracey St. Julian allegedly tried traction strategies that prompted deadly accidents.
The health worker mentioned fractures to the child’s cranium, head and neck attributable to manipulation led to his demise. The dad and mom weren’t knowledgeable of the decapitation till later.
The household has filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful demise and negligence in opposition to the physician, nurses, and hospital. Police have accomplished an investigation and given findings to prosecutors.
The hospital claims the demise occurred “in utero” earlier than supply, however the dad and mom allege workers hid the decapitation and pressured them to cremate with out an post-mortem.
Authorities are reviewing potential felony expenses within the new child’s traumatic demise through the botched supply. The civil lawsuit and health worker’s murder ruling sign accountability for the childbirth tragedy.
