‘It’s Not Supposed to Happen’: Virginia Nurse Charged with After Seven Newborn Babies Suffered ‘Unexplainable Fractures’ at Hospital, Leaving Black Family Outraged

Authorities have arrested a former hospital employee who is connected to a disturbing case in which several newborn babies’ bones were mysteriously fractured at a Virginia hospital. Henrico County deputies charged Elizabeth Ann Strotman with malicious wounding, felony child abuse, and neglect in connection to an incident that took place in November 2024. Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, was charged with felony child abuse and malicious wounding in connection to an investigation in which several newborn babies’ bones were mysteriously fractured at a Virginia hospital. (Photo: Henrico County Sheriff’s Office) Her arrest comes weeks after the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital informed the public that in late November and December, staff members discovered three babies in the hospital’s NICU unit who had “unexplainable fractures.” The hospital said the discovery resembled an incident in 2023 when three babies were also found with fractures. Hospital officials and multiple law enforcement agencies opened an investigation to learn how the injuries occurred and later identified 26-year-old Strotman as a suspect in the case. A Henrico police spokesperson previously stated that the investigations into the 2023 cases had been closed but could not specify why. However, those cases were recently integrated into a fresh probe to learn who...