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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

Death of Georgia baby decapitated during delivery ruled a homicide

A Black woman in a beige and white sweater covers her face and cries as the Black man standing next to her looks down at her and holds her up. They stand amid a small group of Black people, with one holding a lectern.
Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr, parents of a baby who was decapitated during delivery, at a news conference in Atlanta on 7 February 2024. Photograph: Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

The death of a baby who was decapitated during delivery was ruled a homicide by a Georgia medical examiner’s office.

The baby died last July after a physician allegedly applied so much force attempting to free the child from a woman’s birth canal that the child’s spine was completely severed. The finding by the authorities appears to confirm allegations made by the family’s attorneys in a lawsuit filed last August against the hospital.

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