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.