Overview
- Lissette Soto Domenech, 64, was indicted and arraigned on charges including first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child, and offering a false instrument for filing, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.
- Prosecutors allege she kept the twins virtually housebound from 2016 until Oct. 15, 2025, stopped taking them to doctors in November 2016, and began submitting falsified homeschooling paperwork in September 2017.
- An ACS child protective specialist responding to anonymous complaints found the boys severely malnourished; they weighed 51 and 54 pounds and were hospitalized at Montefiore Children’s Hospital for three months, officials said.
- Investigators reported the apartment contained infant cereal, baby bottles, and toddler toys, with no food or belongings appropriate for teenagers; prosecutors also noted one boy is autistic and apparently never received services.
- Domenech pleaded not guilty and, according to court records, posted $25,000 cash bail; she is due back in Bronx Supreme Court on Feb. 4.