{"id":307405,"date":"2024-02-22T08:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307405"},"modified":"2024-02-21T13:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T19:48:56","slug":"medical-examiner-babys-decapitation-birth-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/medical-examiner-babys-decapitation-birth-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical examiner’s office says baby’s decapitation at birth was homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The death of a Georgia baby who was decapitated<\/a> during his delivery last year has been ruled<\/a> a homicide.<\/p>\n

On July 9, Jessica Ross went into labor with her son, Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Jr., at Southern Medical Regional Center in Clayton County, Georgia. Ross had a difficult labor and experienced shoulder dystocia<\/a>, a condition in which one or both of the baby\u2019s shoulders get stuck inside the mother\u2019s pelvis. In many cases, this necessitates a c-section delivery, but Ross was not offered a c-section.<\/p>\n

Instead, her child was decapitated as the doctor, Tracey St. Julian, attempted to pull him out during delivery.<\/p>\n

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The recent report from the Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office said<\/a> the baby’s cause of death was from a \u201cfracture-dislocation with complete transection, upper cervical (C1-C2) spine, and spinal cord,\u201d due to \u201cshoulder dystocia, arrest of labor, and fetal entrapment in the birth canal.”\u00a0 The death was also ruled a homicide \u2014 meaning a death caused by another person \u2014 though at this time it is unknown if any charges will be filed.<\/p>\n