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NYPD Detective Dies in Colombia a Week After BBL, Cause Listed as Cardiac Arrest

Her husband is seeking an autopsy to scrutinize her post-surgery care.

Overview

  • Alicia Stone, 40, a 13-year NYPD Internal Affairs detective and mother of three, was found unresponsive in a Cali hotel and died shortly after at Fundación Valle del Lili hospital.
  • She had undergone liposuction and a gluteal fat transfer on Oct. 16 and was recovering in a hotel on anticoagulants and oral pain medication, according to police sources.
  • Her death was recorded as an unspecified cardiac arrest, and the treating doctor told her husband it might have been a heart attack or a blood clot.
  • Michael Stone says he will request an independent autopsy and a formal investigation, and authorities in Colombia and U.S. consular officials have been notified.
  • Sources report the NYPD sent personnel to Colombia, and safety data cited by experts note BBL procedures carry a higher mortality risk, including rare fatal fat embolism.