Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr. and Jessica Ross.Photo:AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala

Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Sr., Jessica Ross, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Atlanta, announcing a lawsuit against a doctor and Southern Regional Medical Center, a hospital south of Atlanta where Ross went on July 9 to have her son.

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“It’s our belief that the hospital should have contacted us and called us,” Brian Byars, director of the Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office, told PEOPLE in a recent interview.

“The circumstances, because there were a lot of unanswered questions and cause for trauma, we think we should have been contacted. And that’s the reason we took jurisdiction over the case when we were notified," Byars said, adding that his office told law enforcement what had happened.

Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr.Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., parents of a baby who was decapitated during delivery, react during a press conference at their lawyers office in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024

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Though it is possible criminal charges could result from the incident, the cause of death being listed as homicide does not necessarily indicate a crime has been committed, but instead means a person’s actions caused the death.

“Lies and cover ups,” Edmond alleged.

“It looked like they presented a very healthy, very good looking, beautiful child,” he told PEOPLE.

“We just want justice for our son,” Treveon Sr. said at Wednesday’s press conference. Referencing hospital staff, he alleged, “They lied to us.”

After the death was ruled a homicide, Southern Regional Medical Center toldCNNit could not comment due to the pending litigation.

source: people.com