Radonda Vaught
An investigation by special agents with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Middle Tennessee registered nurse, on charges of patient abuse and reckless homicide.
In November 2018, working alongside the Vulnerable Adult Protective Investigative Team with the Davidson County District Attorney General’s Office, TBI agents began investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Charlene Murphey, 76. On Dec. 26, 2017, Ms. Murphey was a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Radonda Vaught was a registered nurse who was part of the team providing treatment. During the course of the investigation, agents determined that the actions taken by Radonda Vaught were responsible for the abuse of Ms. Murphey, and her ultimate death. Ms. Vaught is no longer an employee of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
On Friday, the Davidson County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Radonda Leanne Vaught, 35, with one count of impaired adult abuse and one count of reckless homicide. On Monday, she was arrested and booked into the Davidson County Jail on a $50,000 bond.