Virginia NICU Nurse Accused of Snapping Newborns’ Bones Faces 20 Charges, Suspended License as State Reveals Hospital Hid Earlier Abuse for Weeks

A Virginia nurse who was charged with felony abuse and malicious wounding after allegedly breaking the bones of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit has had her license suspended and faces even more charges.

Charges were first announced against 26-year-old Erin Elizabeth Anne Strotman in January, stemming from a disturbing case in which several babies were found with unexplained fractures in the NICU unit of the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

Strotman was initially charged with malicious wounding, child abuse and neglect, in connection with a 5-month-old boy whose bones were broken in November 2024.

A criminal complaint cited surveillance footage that reportedly showed Strotman taking the infant by his legs and pushing the child’s legs to the point his feet reached his head…

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