Overview
- State corrections officials confirmed Gosnell died March 1 at an outside hospital while serving life sentences, and no cause of death has been released.
- A Philadelphia jury in 2013 found him guilty of murdering three newborns during illegal procedures and of involuntary manslaughter in the death of patient Karnamaya Mongar, leading to three consecutive life terms.
- He later pleaded guilty in federal court to running a prescription drug operation from his clinic, which added a 30-year sentence and a $50,000 fine.
- The case stemmed from a 2010 raid that uncovered filthy rooms, bloody furniture, and fetal remains in freezers and containers, which a 2011 grand jury called a “baby charnel house” while noting many records had been destroyed.
- The multiagency probe and ensuing scandal exposed a lapse in state clinic inspections, led to firings of health officials, and triggered tougher Pennsylvania rules for abortion facilities.