{"id":366999,"date":"2026-10-07T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366999\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T17:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:12:48","slug":"news-12-bronx-founder-of-kingsbridge-wellness-center-under-arrest-faces-murder-charges-after-failed-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366999\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Founder Of Kingsbridge Wellness Center Under Arrest Faces Murder Charges After Failed Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Bronx District Attorney&#8217;s office says 56-year-old Luis Rojas Cabrera turned himself in on Tuesday, as he faces new charges for the death of 27-year-old Elizabeth Baron inside a Kingsbridge wellness center on July 19.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12 obtained the indictment showing upgraded charges including second degree murder, and manslaughter. The indictment claims Rojas Cabrera, &#8220;introduced air into an intravenous line&#8221; during the procedure, killing Baron.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to the criminal complaint, Baron was receiving an NAD+ IV treatment at the Bereshit Lifestyle Center at 3190 Riverdale Ave. when Rojas Cabrera says, \u201cshe went unconscious immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">In that same complaint, Rojas Cabrera admits he was not licensed to practice medicine.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cI am a doctor in the Dominican Republic. I have a PA license in Puerto Rico. I am not a licensed doctor in New York,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Rojas Cabrera is listed as the founder of the wellness center.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police say Rojas Cabrera is facing charges for <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/death-of-woman-who-became-unconscious-after-bronx-wellness-center-iv-treatment-ruled-homicide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">murder <\/a>&#8211; depraved indifference, reckless endangerment, and unauthorized practice of profession.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">He is due back in court on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">MORE: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/prosecutors-unauthorized-nad-iv-infusion-led-to-womans-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unauthorized NAD+ IV infusion led to woman&#8217;s death in the Bronx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bronx District Attorney&#8217;s office says 56-year-old Luis Rojas Cabrera turned himself in on Tuesday, as he faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-366999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}