'I Trusted You': Five Families Speak at Sentencing as Former Henrico NICU Nurse Gets Three Years in Prison
The judge imposed the maximum sentence allowed under a plea agreement after five families described injuries to infants in the NICU.
- On Friday, June 5, 2026, a judge sentenced former Henrico Doctors' Hospital nurse Erin Strotman to three years in prison for abusing nine infants under her care in the intensive care unit.
- Parents of infants abused in the intensive care unit testified to their profound sense of betrayal, noting they had entrusted their most vulnerable children to Strotman's care.
- Jessica Loeffler, mother of victim Myles, held up the tiny diaper her son wore at birth, illustrating the extreme fragility of the infants Strotman injured, who suffered bruises and fractures.
- Malissa Nelson, another mother of an abused child, offered forgiveness to Strotman during the hearing, while Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor addressed reporters afterward.
- Families continue to grapple with emotional trauma and lingering questions regarding their children's injuries as the community reflects on the breach of trust in Henrico Doctors' Hospital's care.
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'We trusted you:' Parents of abused infants confront former Henrico nurse in court
Five parents testified in court, and for the first time, they spoke to Erin Strotman, the former Henrico Doctors' Hospital nurse who pleaded no contest to abusing nine babies.
'I trusted you': Families speak at sentencing as former NICU nurse gets three years in prison
Parents of five premature babies described years of trauma, guilt and distrust in the medical system on Friday as a former Henrico Doctors' Hospital nurse was sentenced to three years in prison for abusing nine premature babies.
'I trusted you': Five families speak at sentencing as former Henrico NICU nurse gets three years in prison
Parents of five premature babies described years of trauma, guilt and distrust in the medical system on Friday as a former Henrico Doctors' Hospital nurse was sentenced to three years in prison for abusing nine premature babies.
A nurse convicted of wounding nine newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NCU) was sentenced to three years of effective imprisonment in the United States. Erin Strotman, 27, received the sentence on Friday (5) after signing a judicial agreement related to abuses committed between 2022 and 2024 at Henrico Doctors Hospital in Virginia State. McDonald's employee suffers severe burns after fellow throwing boiling oil during shift …
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Erin Strotman is heading to prison for three years following her plea of no contest to charges involving the abuse of nine premature babies. The former neonatal intensive care unit nurse was sentenced after a series of investigations at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Virginia revealed a pattern of disturbing injuries to infants under her care. Following the sentencing, Strotman’s nursing license was officially revoked, and she is now permanently b…
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