Austin helped Dante Falconeri search the area around his cabin and stopped the detective from falling into the same pit where they found Chloe’s body. Rushed to General Hospital, Austin soon recovered from his injuries and promised Maxie that he would do whatever he could to locate her baby, who the mother claimed had been stolen away by Chloe. (Not that she had much of a choice!) Unfortunately, after Maxie delivered Louise, Austin was knocked out by Peter’s evil pawn, Nurse Jennings, who was under orders to steal the baby for him!Īustin tried to keep things light for the mother-to-be given the circumstances of the birth! ABC Austin introduced himself and revealed he is a doctor, so she agreed to let him help bring her baby girl into the world.

When Franco was killed off of GENERAL HOSPITAL, fans were shocked and hoped that this was all a fake-out to trap Peter, but very quickly it was revealed that the character was, in fact, dead… but portrayer Roger Howarth was not leaving the soap! After a period of time off, Howarth was set to return in a top-secret role that had viewers speculating he’d be playing anyone from his old ONE LIFE TO LIVE character of Todd Manning to a recast of Drew Cain and everyone in between! But in the May 27, 2021, episode, Howarth made his return to GH as a doctor named Austin!Īustin first appeared hiking in the woods and stumbling upon Maxie Jones all alone and in labor! She was grateful he wasn’t Peter August and he was grateful she wasn’t a bear.

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