THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A woman in New York was beaten to death in the hospital room she shared with an emotionally disturbed patient with a history of attacking people in the hospital, according to police and law enforcement sources.

Cynthia Vann, 55, checked into NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln in New York City for an underlying medical condition when she was punched multiple times in the head at around 3 a.m. on Sept. 10, according to the New York City Police Department.

Sources said Racquel Haughton, 44, is accused of beating Vann while she was asleep in her bed. The victim woke up to repeated punches to the head and had to be intubated in the ICU, sources said.

Vann was in critical condition before succumbing to her injuries on Sept. 27, police said. The medical examiner said sh

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