Motherhood can wreak havoc on your self-image. I can’t blame any woman for seeking help to feel more comfortable in her own skin. Sometimes that looks like time at the gym, sometimes that looks like a new haircut, and in extreme cases it may mean getting plastic surgery. Unfortunately for some, that can be a fatal choice.
New York Police Department detective Alicia Stone, 40, was recently rushed to Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital in Cali, Colombia, after she was found unresponsive in her hotel room around 6:30 a.m. following cosmetic surgery, the New York Post reported. Stone was recovering from butt lift and liposuction procedures she had a week prior. Her cause of death was listed as “unspecified cardiac arrest.”
Sources reportedly elaborated that she was transferred to the hotel to recover and was prescribed anticoagulants and pain medication.
Her husband, Michael Stone, reportedly requested an autopsy to be performed to determine exactly what led to this.
“The doctor who called me from Colombia just called me and told me my wife had just passed away,” Michael Stone told the Daily News. “She didn’t have any information to tell me when I was asking her….Something just doesn’t add up.”
“To be called Thursday and told that she passed away, that is just shocking and hurtful,” he continued. “I don’t have the facts, and that’s what I need, the facts of what happened.”
The type of surgery she received, a gluteal fat transfer commonly known as a “BBL,” is one of the most risky cosmetic surgeries that exists. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 93 US citizens died in the Dominican Republic soon after receiving cosmetic surgery between 2009 and 2022. The major risk is a “fat embolism,” which can cause cardiac arrest.
Community members were devastated to hear of her passing and expressed their condolences after the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show shared the sad news.
“Condolences to all. That autopsy report will reveal what happened post operatively. I read somewhere that she was on [anticoagulant] or blood thinners. As a retired nurse I have questions,” wrote one commenter.
“Condolences to her family and friends, Detective Stone’s dedication to justice and her family is truly inspiring, may her memory live on in our hearts,” added another commenter.
In a fundraiser set up by Fund the First to help her family, she was remembered affectionately.
“Alicia’s kindness, courage, and compassion touched everyone she met both in and out of uniform. Her unexpected passing has left a tremendous void in the lives of her family, friends, and fellow officers,” it read.
