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!nooticers spooky reddit threads of the incident above
The death of a baby who was decapitated during birth at an Atlanta-area hospital has been ruled a homicide.
Newborn Treveon Taylor's death was caused by the "actions of another person" during his complicated birth on July 9, the Clayton County Medical Examiner's office said Tuesday.
His mother, Jessica Ross, 20, experienced complications when she went into labor at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, according to a lawsuit she and the baby's father filed in August.
While giving birth, the baby stopped descending because of shoulder dystocia --- meaning the baby's shoulders could not fit through the pelvic area, according to the lawsuit.
With the baby stuck in the vaginal canal, a doctor allegedly performed a cesarean section too late, putting "excessive tension" on the baby's head and causing it to detach from the body.
The lawsuit alleges that the doctor --- identified as Dr. Tracey St. Julian --- did not tell the mother and father about the decapitation and refused to let them hold the baby after his death.
Hospital staff also allegedly showed the parents the baby wrapped tightly in a blanket with his head propped on top.
The hospital's staff is also accused of telling the couple an autopsy wasn't necessary and pressuring them to cremate the baby's remains.
In the lawsuit, the parents claim they were not aware of the decapitation until they received a phone call from the funeral home, where staff were bewildered as to why they received a decapitated baby from a hospital and not the medical examiner's office or law enforcement.
“I just felt a sense of urgency to say, hey listen, this is not right, this is not right. Never seen it before,” Manager of Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home Sylvania Watkins told the outlet in August.
“With the body and the head being detached, we should have retrieved this body from the coroner's office. When that did not happen, that's when I said we need to reach out and back up and do it right,” Watkins added.
The funeral home then informed the medical examiner's office of the deceased baby's condition, prompting an investigation soon after.
The medical examiner's office also said pregnancy-induced diabetes and premature rupture of membranes contributed to the newborn's death.
The hospital said in August it was unable to discuss the care and treatment of patients due to HIPAA laws.
“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the family and all those impacted by this tragic event. Our prayers also remain with the dedicated team of physicians, nurses, and staff at Southern Regional Medical Center who cared for this patient,” the hospital said in a statement.
“While our sympathies go out to the family, Southern Regional Medical Center denies the allegations in the Complaint referencing the hospital. Since this matter is in litigation, we cannot provide additional statements. As far as Dr. St Julian, she is not an employee of the hospital. The hospital has taken the appropriate steps in response to this unfortunate situation.”
The Clayton County Medical Examiner's Office said it will be up to the district attorney whether formal charges relating to the homicide investigation will be filed.
Here's the latest on the Georgia baby who was decapitated at birth
The death of Treveon Taylor, who was decapitated at birth, was ruled a homicide and was caused by the "actions of another person" during birth, according to reports.
Jessica Ross, 20, had complications when she went into labor at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Atlanta, Georgia, on July 9, 2023. While she was giving birth, the baby stopped descending because the shoulders couldn't fit through the pelvic area.
The doctor performed a C-section too late, while putting "excessive tension" on the head, causing the head to detach, according to reports.
According to the lawsuit, Dr. Tracey St. Julian didn't tell the parents about the decapitation and refused to let them hold the baby after he died. The hospital staff allegedly showed the parents the baby wrapped in a blanket with his head propped on top.
The parents claim they were not told about the decapitation until the funeral home called, asking why they received a decapitated baby from the hospital and not from the medical examiner's officer or law enforcement.
The medical examiner's office said pregnancy-induced diabetes and premature rupture of membranes contributed to the newborn's death, according to reports.
The parents are seeking unspecified damages for the full value of the baby's life, including loss of earnings and loss of enjoyment of life.
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(ROK = Republic of Korea = what I'm gonna use a synonym so I don't have to keep typing "South Korea)
There's quite a bit of anxiety in South Korea as Trump at various times has had a lot of fawning praise for Xi, Putin, and especially his sidekick Kim Jong-un. This became reality with Trump's negotiations with North Korea.
Less well known in Burgerland but even more telling is Trump's demand that South Korea pay 400% of the costs of US troops stationed there. His policy was that the relationship was not an alliance, it was a simple mercenary contract with American servicemen pimped out to the South at a profit. While adults at the White House were able to eventually get Trump to back down, the increasingly difficult and deteriorating dementia patient will be harder to deal with in a second term.
With Trump's reelection looking more likely every day, the ROK is in a bind. North Korea has a potent nuclear arsenal able to devastate the South in a few minutes. China is in a massive buildup, perhaps reaching parity and then surpassing the USA in nuclear weapons soon. At any point Trump may simply stop renting American troops out and bring them home, leaving the ROK alone with three crazy hostile neighbors with major nuclear arsenals and no umbrella of its own. It would be like at the end of a k-drama episode where the girl is waiting for a bus alone in the rain and sad music plays because no guy is running up with an umbrella.
In this situation it's very likely that South Korea would be forced to develop its own bomb. Korean voters are not as childlike and short-sighted as Americans and Europeans. They don't simply get distracted and forget about key issues of national survival. While it's not a majority opinion yet, there has been strong support for an indigenous nuclear program for years, especially if the US refuses to deploy its own nuclear weapons.
The result would be a diplomatic shitshow. China of course would saber rattle and try to economically and militarily bully the ROK into backing down. Japan would go apeshit causing a huge crisis in relations with the US and possibly their own acquisition of nuclear weapons. The Nonproliferation Treaty would lose most of its credibility if it couldn't even keep one half of Korea.
Am I doom mongering? I don't think so. We had a similar crisis in the 1970s when South Korea doubted our resolve to defend them and pursued the bomb. But we solved that with sane adults having sane conversations. Today our country is run by demented geezers, peepeeless congressmen terrified of their donors and crazed constituents, intellectuals in the ivory tower who rode there on the short bus, and instagram thots. Nobody in our policy making process is capable of coming up with anything beyond an immediate emotional response.
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I can't imagine why anyone would vote or donate for the Liberal Party.
Unless you're a slumlord or immigration agent.
All style, no substance.
Can't wait for Pierre to finally wi !