Current Events > Homicide charges for baby's decapitation DURING DELIVERY.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/us/babys-head-detached-during-delivery-ruled-homicide/index.html

Babys death ruled a homicide after suffering broken neck during delivery at Georgia hospital

A medical examiner on Tuesday released the manner of death for a baby whose mother accused a Georgia hospital and others of decapitating during delivery, ruling it a homicide.

The Clayton County, Georgia Medical Examiners office said the baby died from a broken neck and the babys head was detached, according to a news release shared with CNN.

The 20-year-old mother, Jessica Ross, filed a lawsuit in August alleging the Southern Regional Medical Center attempted to conceal the manner of death of the baby, Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., from her and her boyfriend, Trevon Isaiah Taylor Sr., along with the whole family.

The medical examiners office said Rosss baby died from fracture-dislocation with complete transection, upper cervical (C1-C2) spine and spinal cord, due to shoulder dystocia, arrest of labor, and fetal entrapment in the birth canal, according to the news release.

The medical examiner said pregnancy-induced diabetes and premature rupture of membranes were also significant conditions contributing to Taylors death.

The medical center is in Riverdale, some 13 miles south of downtown Atlanta. The baby, who was named after his father, was delivered at full term, according to the family attorney.

Ross went into labor on July 9 and her doctor attempted to deliver the baby using various methods, including applying traction to the babys head, the lawsuit says.

During the attempted delivery, the baby did not properly descend due to shoulder dystocia, a condition when a babys shoulders become stuck in the vaginal canal, the lawsuit says.

Ross says the doctor grossly and negligently applied excessive traction on her babys head and neck, the complaint says. The doctor is also accused of failing to do a Caesarean section in a timely and proper manner, which resulted in the babys decapitation and death, according to the lawsuit. The Caesarean section was completed at about 3 a.m. on July 10, the filing said.
In a statement issued to CNN after the medical examiners announcement, a spokesperson for Southern Regional Medical Center said: Due to current litigation, we are unable to comment.

In August, after Ross filed the lawsuit, the hospital said in a statement it denies the allegations in the complaint referencing the hospital.
The familys spokesperson has said that when Ross and Taylor demanded to see and hold their baby, hospital staff told them that they were not allowed to touch or hold their child.

Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the family and all those impacted by this tragic event, the medical centers statement reads. Our prayers also remain with the dedicated team of physicians, nurses and staff at Southern Regional Medical Center who cared for this patient. Our commitment is to provide compassionate, quality care to every single patient, and this loss is heartbreaking.

The workers only allowed the couple to see their dead childs body, the familys spokesperson said.

During this viewing, their baby was wrapped tightly in a blanket with his head propped on top of his body in a manner such that those viewing him could not identify that he had been decapitated, the statement said.

I have never witnessed anything like this before. No one in our office has seen anything like this. Everyone we have consulted has never seen a situation like this before, Clayton County Medical Examiners Director Brian Byars told CNN on Tuesday. I find it very unusual that the hospital didnt contact our office due to the amount of trauma that was involved in this incident.
The case is still under investigation by the Clayton County Police Department and could be referred to the District Attorneys office, the release said.
Ross and her boyfriend are expected to give a public press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

I can't finish reading this jfc, I'm out.

Hard to tell if they were covering it up to save their asses (most likely) or to avoid traumatizing the mother but holy hell story is fucked either way.

Wow.

This sounds like if Dr. Death was in labor and delivery instead of neurosurgery.

That doctor should never practice again and those parents should own his assets at minimum.

It's honestly really hard to believe this wasn't just a horrific accident.

FolkenRawr posted...

It's honestly really hard to believe this wasn't just a horrific accident.

They said he pulled too hard

"Ross says the doctor grossly and negligently applied excessive traction on her babys head and neck, the complaint says. The doctor is also accused of failing to do a Caesarean section in a timely and proper manner, which resulted in the babys decapitation and death, according to the lawsuit. The Caesarean section was completed at about 3 a.m. on July 10, the filing said."

This is not a unique case, sadly.

FolkenRawr posted...

It's honestly really hard to believe this wasn't just a horrific accident.

Then they make a charade of letting the parents see the baby wrapped in a tight blanked with the head propped on top of the neck.

Unless it's a different one, I remember reading when this happened last year.

Sounds like the doctor was being way too rough. What a horrific story

Was this an actual decapitation or one of those internal decapitations? I've seen articles where they use the word decapitation but the head actually stays on, it's just everything inside the neck that is detached, internally.

spanky1 posted...

Was this an actual decapitation or one of those internal decapitations? I've seen articles where they use the word decapitation but the head actually stays on, it's just everything inside the neck that is detached, internally.

Yeah if I'm reading this right it sounds like they're accusing the doctor of ripping the baby's head right off. I can see it dying by broken neck, but pulling the head all the way off is a LOT of force, baby or not. Messed up.

Crimson_Corsair posted...

I can't finish reading this jfc, I'm out.

This. Feel so bad for the family.

Hayame_Zero posted...

Unless it's a different one, I remember reading when this happened last year.

I dunno. Seems recent.

Good God, it seems so early, but thats enough Internet for today.

As a parent that's fucking awful.

Also, am I the only one who thinks it's odd they gave him the father's name?

This is the most heart wrenching thing I've read in a long time.

Top contender for one of the worst things I've read in the past decade. I'm so sorry for that family.

I would legit off myself if that shit happened to me, whether I was the parent OR the doctor. Damn that's heavy.

How hard do you have to pull to not just dislocate the neck but did it say it also tear the head off?

Cobra1010 posted...

How hard do you have to pull to not just dislocate the neck but did it say it also tear the head off?

Yes, decapitated

Goldenguy posted...

Wow.

This sounds like if Dr. Death was in labor and delivery instead of neurosurgery.

That doctor should never practice again and those parents should own his assets at minimum.

This made me think of Dr. Death too.

Crimson_Corsair posted...

I can't finish reading this jfc, I'm out.

This

Crimson_Corsair posted...

I can't finish reading this jfc, I'm out.

I stopped halfway through my god. But for others it sounds more like an internal decapitation. If it was like ripping the whole head off...I mean there wouldn't even be a case here it's pretty obvious he used too much force. Sounds like he severed the spinal cord internally. Oh god I decided to read more...it might be a full blown one? WTF? They said they wrapped the baby in such a manner to disguise the decapitation.
Jesus christ I regret reading on.

Cocytus posted...

During this viewing, their baby was wrapped tightly in a blanket with his head propped on top of his body in a manner such that those viewing him could not identify that he had been decapitated, the statement said.

Almost exactly the same thing happened in the UK a few years ago, including the doctor trying to hide the fact that it had happened. Pretty sure he got away with it, though.

The topic title I put charged. Correction: lawsuit has ben filed

But it makes you wonder why no charges. They charged Dr. Death.

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It's a current event.

Cocytus posted...

Ross and her boyfriend are expected to give a public press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Did this happen?

MatzoTov posted...

Did this happen?

Yeah, yesterday. Here's a link

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/parents-of-baby-decapitated-during-birth-press-conference/85-f9d50d97-8ae7-4083-8703-f93370f6dafa

What in the fuck?

Hayame_Zero posted...

Unless it's a different one, I remember reading when this happened last year.

Yes. I didnt want to be reminded of this.

I can't imagine how horrifying and how sad that must have been for the poor mom. And then to try and disguise it? What did they think that was going to do?

Venixon posted...

I can't imagine how horrifying and how sad that must have been for the poor mom. And then to try and disguise it? What did they think that was going to do?

Sad for everyone

Summary for everyone who couldn't/didn't want to read:

Long story short, they missed the window for a C-section, which the parents claim was negligent, then the baby's shoulders got stuck during delivery. The doc and aides tried to unstuck the baby by just pulling really hard, and clearly overdid it, which the parents claim was also negligent.

The part where it gets REALLY weird is that they thought for some reason they were going to get away with swaddling the baby in such a way that his head would stay on top.

Cocytus posted...

I dunno. Seems recent.

No, this one was last year.

YugiNoob posted...

No, this one was last year.

They held the co0nference yesterday.

Cobra1010 posted...

How hard do you have to pull to not just dislocate the neck but did it say it also tear the head off?

I'd say it's more an internal decapitation. Of the head just came right off, there'd be no hiding that.