Pediatric nurse arrested after NICU preemies experience ‘unexplained fractures’

UPDATE, 12/14/25: Strotman's nursing license was suspended in May by the Virginia Board of Nursing, and prosecutors have filed 20 child-abuse related charges against her, including felony malicious wounding and felony child neglect, for injuring nine infants in 2023 and 2024.

The nursing board said Strotman poses "a substantial danger to public health and safety."

1/7/25: Authorities have arrested a pediatric nurse in Virginia on charges of felony child abuse and malicious wounding for allegedly injuring premature babies in her care at a Richmond hospital.

Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, is behind bars after three NICU infants at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital experienced “unexplained fractures,” sustained between November and December of 2024. Police are also trying to tie her to similar incidents that occurred in 2023, with The Mirror reporting that detectives are reviewing “hundreds of hours of footage” to ensure that justice is served for all possible victims.

The Daily Mail reports that Strotman “has been accused of initially injuring only black babies by staff in the hospital, with sources saying she ‘switched her focus’ when she returned to the hospital in late 2024.”

Noah Hackey is one such possible victim; his tibia was fractured while he was in the NICU in September 2023. After the injury, Noah’s family filed a Child Protective Services (CPS) report and an investigation found that the injuries were committed by a hospital employee.

Four nurses, including Strotman, were subsequently suspended with full pay for nearly a year, but after further investigation couldn’t prove who was to blame, they were allowed to return to work. According to the Daily Mail, the hospital then installed hidden cameras, which caught Strotman in the act of injuring infants by breaking their legs.

“They failed strictly on multiple levels with multiple different families, and they need to be held accountable as well because that shouldn’t have happened. If they were suspicious of some person enough to let them go they shouldn’t have brought them back. They failed, simple as that,” Noah’s father, Dominique Hackey, told WTRV.

In a statement, the hospital called Strotman a “former employee” and announced it has shut down the NICU while the investigation continues.

“We are both shocked and saddened by this development in the investigation and are focused on continuing to care for our patients and providing support to our colleagues who have been deeply and personally impacted by this investigation,” the statement said. “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.”

The hospital added, “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.”

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