Retired detective featured in Netflix true crime movie reacts to Henrico NICU investigation: 'It's alarming'
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A retired detective whose work is featured in the book and Netflix adaptation "The Good Nurse" said he has concerns about how Henrico Doctors' Hospital handled the cases of multiple babies found with broken bones in its NICU.
Tim Braun has an extensive history working on hospital cases as a police detective in New Jersey. He reached out to CBS 6 to lend his expertise after he was sent our investigation into why doctors, nurses, and administrators at HDH did not call Child Protective Services (CPS) within 24 hours to report suspected child abuse or neglect, as required by state law, after multiple babies were found with broken bones in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in late summer of 2023.
“It's alarming that the outside authorities and agencies, regulatory agencies, weren't notified earlier to help with the internal investigation,” Braun said.
Strotman, a former NICU nurse at HDH, is facing felony charges, accused of hurting one baby in the summer of 2022 and three additional babies in the fall of 2024.
A CBS 6 investigation found that the hospital conducted an "internal investigation" in 2023 and placed her on paid administrative leave on September 12 of that year after four different premature babies were found with fractures.
State Board of Nursing records show the hospital determined Strotman was the only nurse who had access to all four of the babies with fractures.
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