Doctor Kermit Gosnell, known for being a serial killer, passes away in prison.

Kermit Gosnell’s Death Reported in Prison

Kermit Gosnell, a convicted abortionist, reportedly passed away in early March while incarcerated in a Pennsylvania prison. He was 85 years old at the time of his death.

The news of his passing was first shared by journalist Ann McElhinney, who maintained regular communication with Gosnell following his trial. Sources familiar with the situation confirmed this to Life News. Although Gosnell had died two weeks prior, the prison and law enforcement were only informed on a subsequent Monday. Officials cited that his cause of death remains unknown, though it was noted that his health had been declining.

McElhinney stated that Gosnell is accused of killing thousands of newborns over a span of 30 years at an unsanitary abortion clinic in Philadelphia.

Despite a grand jury’s interest in indicting Gosnell for 200 murders, political pressure resulted in this number being reduced to seven, according to McElhinney. In 2013, a jury convicted him of first-degree murder for three infants whose spinal cords were severed with scissors after they were born alive.

The judge opted against the death penalty, sentencing him instead to life in prison. It was reported that Gosnell generally targeted women from poor and minority backgrounds.

In a reflection about her interactions with Gosnell, McElhinney mentioned feeling as though she was “confronting evil.” She suggested that justice was served for the many innocent babies through his prosecution and imprisonment, as noted by the Unreported Stories Association.

One particularly harrowing case involved a boy who survived for an hour post-birth, to the shock of even Gosnell’s staff, highlighting the brutality of his actions. McElhinney claimed that an image of this baby, placed in a Tupperware container, played a significant role in sealing Gosnell’s fate.

Furthermore, McElhinney alleged that two women—one a refugee from Bhutan and the other a young mother—died unnecessarily at Gosnell’s clinic. According to the medical journal BMJ, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the death of a woman who died following a sedative overdose.

Detective Jim Wood, who led the investigation into Gosnell, commented on his death, saying, “May God have mercy on his soul, but his soul was so full of evil that there may be no mercy for him, just as there was no mercy for the baby.”