"The unhinged Bronx hospital patient who allegedly beat her sleeping roommate to death in an unprovoked attack last month was arrested this week, cops said - as investigators revealed she has a twisted history of attacking medical staff. Raquel Haughton, 44, was picked up on a warrant at her Bronx home Monday afternoon - more than a month after she allegedly slugged 55-year-old Cynthia Vann multiple times on the eighth floor of Lincoln Medical Center, cops and prosecutors said. She was charged with manslaughter and felony assault and ordered held without bail during her Tuesday arraignment."
"Vann checked in at the hospital on Sept. 10 for liver treatment, her family told News 12 at the time. On Vann's first day at the medical center, Haughton allegedly pummeled her as she slept in her bed, according to the family and law enforcement sources. Vann succumbed to her injuries on Sept. 27, according to police. "It's heartbreaking. I'm broken inside. It's very difficult. My mom was my support system. She was really all I had," Vann's daughter Taneisha Vann told News 12. "She didn't deserve this. No one deserves to be assaulted at a hospital while you're sleeping," the grieving daughter added. "You're supposed to feel safe.""
A 44-year-old patient, Raquel Haughton, was arrested on a warrant more than a month after an alleged attack on her sleeping roommate, 55-year-old Cynthia Vann, at Lincoln Medical Center. Haughton faces manslaughter and felony assault charges and was ordered held without bail. Vann had checked into the hospital on Sept. 10 for liver treatment and allegedly was attacked that same day; she died from her injuries on Sept. 27. Haughton had earlier been arrested for allegedly slapping a patient aide while in the hospital, and investigators later linked her to Vann's attack.
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