Medical Examiner Rules Death of Baby Decapitated During Delivery Was a Homicide

Published on February 8, 2024

ATLANTA—The death of a Georgia couple’s baby that was decapitated during delivery has been classified by a medical examiner as a homicide, their attorneys announced Wednesday. Treveon Taylor Jr.’s parents have sued the hospital and the doctor who delivered the baby in July. Both have denied wrongdoing. The Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office found the immediate cause of the baby’s death was a broken neck and said human action was to blame, according to an office statement distributed by attorneys at a news conference Wednesday. The boy’s parents, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., say Dr. Tracey St. Julian delayed a surgical procedure and failed to seek help quickly when the baby got stuck during delivery. Instead, they say she applied excessive force to the baby’s head and neck....

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