LA jury convicts Adame in Santangelo silicone embolism death

A Los Angeles jury on Thursday, Oct. 9, convicted 55-year-old Libby Adame of second-degree murder and practicing medicine without a license in the March 24 death of actress and model Cindyana Santangelo, authorities said. Santangelo, 58, was found unresponsive at her Malibu home and later pronounced dead at a Ventura County hospital; prosecutors said an autopsy determined she died from a silicone embolism after receiving injections earlier that day.

Prosecutors told jurors that Adame administered the injections that produced the fatal embolism. Adame was also found guilty of a special allegation that she caused great bodily injury, which can add three to six years to a sentence. Her formal sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 5. Under California law, second-degree murder carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison, and practicing medicine without a license can carry up to three years in jail.

Adame has been in custody since her May 12 arrest. She had been on probation at the time of Santangelo’s death stemming from an earlier case in which she and her daughter, Alicia Galaz, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2019 death of 26-year-old Karissa Rajpaul following...