Woman Arrested After Multiple Babies Suffer 'Unexplainable Fractures' at Same Virginia Hospital

Mar. 15, 2025

Police have made an arrest after a Virginia hospital opened an investigation into multiple babies who suffered “unexplainable fractures” in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital announced in a Dec. 24, 2024news releasethat it would not be “admitting any additional babies into our NICU at this time” after three babies were found with the fractures in late November/December.

The injuries were “similar to an incident involving four babies in the summer of 2023,” per the release.

“Ms. Strotman faces charges of malicious wounding and felony child abuse in connection to an incident that occurred in November 2024,” police said, per the release.

The investigation continued to note that police are “reviewing dozens of videos from inside the NICU. As previously mentioned, detectives are re-examining the 2023 and 2024 cases as part of this broader investigation.”

“We appreciate the families’ and public’s patience as we work as thoroughly and expeditiously as possible to investigate every piece of evidence in connection to these cases,” Henrico Chief of Police, Eric D. English, said, per the release.

A photo of Henrico Doctors' Hospital.Google Maps

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“I would also like to acknowledge the unwavering efforts of our detectives who continue to comb through hundreds of hours of footage and extend my sincere gratitude to Henrico’s Child Protective Services (Department of Social Services), the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, Virginia State Police, the Virginia Department of Health and the Office of the Attorney General for their assistance in this matter,” the officer added.

Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman.Henrico County Sheriff’s Office

Henrico County Sheriff’s Office

“We are grateful to those colleagues, who have dedicated their professional lives to the care and safety of our patients, as well as to law enforcement and the other agencies who have worked aggressively and tirelessly with us on this investigation,” it added.

HCA Virginia concluded, “For more than 30 years, the NICU at Henrico Doctors' Hospital has provided necessary and life-saving care to babies in central Virginia and we remain focused on ensuring the availability of that care in our community.”

The hospital elaborated on the more recent fractures in a December news release, saying, “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.”

“While fractures occasionally happen with pre-term babies since they lack full fetal bone development, we are actively working to determine how these fractures occurred,” the release stated.

“The safety of our NICU babies is our highest priority and we are actively working to pursue additional precautions to prevent any future incidents,” the hospital said in the release.

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Noah Hackey was among the babies to suffer an injury in 2023, with his parents, Tori and Dominique, discovering he had a fractured tibia while in the hospital’s NICU in September of that year.

However, the employee wasn’t identified at the time.

Noah’s father, Dominique, told the outlet, “We are anxiously waiting to hear that they were able to find the person liable for this."

source: people.com