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Unforgivable Choices

Elena Casillas, News reporter
February 19, 2025
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A nurse broke her Hippocratic Oath while caring for newborn babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Instead, it has caused these fragile infants harm. It has betrayed trust in the healthcare community and hurt families. Her actions have left a lasting impact on all of their lives.

A nurse from Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman has been caught intentionally causing dozens of fractures in Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.  Erin Elizabeth is Currently facing alleged charges of child neglect and malicious wounding.

The Henrico State Attorney’s office is running this investigation, with the felonies Erin Elizabeth is facing a minimum of ten years in prison for the initial assault to a child and a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison.

 The incident allegedly occurred on November 10, 2024, when a nurse saw from afar Erin Elizabeth purposely abusing a colored baby in the NICU. Once this incident arose to the public, the hospital revealed four babies born in 2023 and three more babies in 2024 were injured from Erin Elizabeth’s purposeful actions. 

Both the Henrico State Attorney’s Office and Henric Police Department have encouraged any families who believe their babies have been victimized to come forward. As of now, the numbers continue to grow. This investigation has caused all of Henrico Doctor Hospital’s closed cases to be reopened and is extensively under investigation related to newborn injuries for 2023 to 2024.

On November 15, 2024, Erin Elizabeth was detained according to public defender Scott Karadani who represents Erin Elizabeth. Scott Karadani has told New Reporters that his client hasn’t pleaded guilty yet nor agreed to speak about the charges against her. Also, Erin Elizabeth has been denied any bail and is forbidden to have any contact with those under the age of eighteen.

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has apologized to the public. But this sparks questions about who else in the hospital knew about Erin Elizabeth’s actions before they became public. It also raises the question of who else has a broken oath.

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Elena Casillas
Elena Casillas, News reporter
Elena Casillas is a 16-year-old junior news reporter at Agua Fria. Elena enjoys informing people in all different ways such as journalism and ‘broadcasting’. Elena enjoys hanging out with friends, writing, and reading. She loves her two cats, Maurice and Nugget. She despises the Arizona summer heat. This is just a short introduction to Elena Casillas.  Not many people know what they’re going to do after High School but Elena has a plan she hopes to succeed in. Elena dreams of going into any variation of filming, or broadcasting. To achieve this dream she hopes to attend ASU Cronkite. She plans to leave her comfort zone and maybe become a news broadcaster for CNN, Fox News, and any similar news channel.  Getting to know Elena, I decided to ask how her high school experience has been for her so far. She explains high school for her has been ‘like a wave’ or in other words like a roller coaster. She says she’s been ‘going with the wave’ of things throughout high school. Between Freshman and Junior year, she says how there has been a big change in her mindset; way of thinking, and maturity. She has learned how to procrastinate less and become more social. Talk to people more and become more comfortable talking to them. In becoming more social she decided to join film which she said made her feel like she truly wanted to make some change. Throughout high school, her feelings have changed in seeing how different people can consider their feelings rather than yours.  On a more serious note, though 16 years may seem like a short amount of time it can still change your perspectives on many things. I asked Elena, ‘How has your perspective changed in life/ what has changed your perspective?”.  Elena said growing up she realized how fast something can change in life. We aren’t promised the same every day. She said her having family issues showed her this, how things can change so fast without you even seeing it. Her perspective also changed in paying more attention to how you view things and how certain things can affect you and your personal or school life. In school, she's seen and got a deeper understanding of how ignorant and selfish people can be when it comes to your feelings, if it doesn’t have much to do with them they may not care as much.  Finally, I decided to ask her a fun question. “What is one thing people would be shocked to know about you?”. Elena said she is a big Marvel person. Every time she tells people they’re just a little bit shocked. Her favorite Marvel hero would have to be in between Iron Man and black widow. Elena has such a beautiful personality. If you want to get to know her, it is so worth it.
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