Defendant Was Sharing Room with Victim, Allegedly Attacked Her While She Slept
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx woman has been indicted on Manslaughter and Assault charges for fatally beating a female patient with whom she shared a room at NYC Health + Hospitals Lincoln.
District Attorney Clark said, “The victim was hospitalized for treatment and her roommate allegedly pummeled her while she was sleeping. The injuries were so severe that the victim was in a medically- induced coma and later died. No one should have to fear for their lives while being treated at our city’s hospitals.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Racquel Haughton, 44, last of Southern Boulevard, was arraigned today on first-degree Manslaughter, first-degree Assault, and seconddegree Assault before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. The defendant was remanded. She is due back in court on February 25, 2026.
According to the investigation, on September 10, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., at NYC Health + Hospitals Lincoln, the defendant, who was receiving treatment, was sharing a room with Cynthia Vann, 55. Haughton allegedly approached the victim while she was sleeping and struck her multiple times in the head. Medical staff responded immediately to the room after hearing the victim yell. When they entered the room, the defendant was watching television. The victim was later placed into a medically induced coma and died on September 27, 2025. The defendant was arrested on October 20, 2025.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Frankie Soler of the Bronx Homicide Task Force for his work on the case.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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