NYPD detective dies after liposuction in Colombia, autopsy sought

A New York Police Department detective died in a Colombian hospital a week after undergoing liposuction and a gluteal fat transfer, her husband and law enforcement sources said, and relatives are seeking an investigation into the circumstances of her death. Detective Alicia Stone, 40, a 13 year NYPD veteran assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau and mother of three, was found unresponsive in a hotel room in Cali early Thursday and was taken to Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital, where she was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to police sources. Her death was recorded as unspecified cardiac arrest.

Stone underwent liposuction and a gluteal fat transfer procedure on October 16 and was recovering in a hotel while taking anticoagulant and oral pain medications, the sources said. A woman staying at the hotel discovered her unresponsive around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, and emergency transport to the hospital followed. Colombian authorities contacted the Colombia National Police, U.S. consular officials and the U.S. State Department after her death, and Stone’s husband said investigators in Colombia are looking into what occurred. He also said the NYPD has sent a representative...