California mom, daughter plead not guilty to murder after woman dies in illegal buttocks procedure
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Oh California mother and daughter A man accused of killing a woman during a buttock augmentation procedure pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday.
Libby Adam, 52, and her daughter Alicia Galaz, 24, have been charged with murder following the death of 26-year-old Krissa Rajpaul during an illegal, plastic surgical procedure. The mother and daughter are also charged with three felony counts of practicing medicine without certification.
Adam and Giles were arrested last year in October 2019 for the woman’s death at a private home. According to authorities, the couple used social media to advertise their low-rate, cash-based operation.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office ruled. Rajpal’s death is a murder.. She died of acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction and intramuscular/intravascular silicone injection, records from the coroner’s office show.
Libby Adam (seen here) and her daughter are accused of killing a woman who underwent a hip augmentation procedure and pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday.
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Rajpal had moved to Los Angeles from South Africa to pursue a career in the adult film industry and had two similar hip procedures before it turned fatal.
gave Los Angeles Police Department After the arrests, it was said that the procedure involved injecting a nonexistent liquid silicone substance directly into the buttocks to make them appear larger.
Police say injecting non-existent silicone into the body can cause it to enter the bloodstream and cause an embolism that can cause serious illness or death.
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Alicia Gomez is charged with murder along with her mother.
(Los Angeles Police Department)
When complications arose during the procedure, Adam and Galaz dialed 911 and left Rajpal at the scene. First responders arrived and transported Rajpal to the hospital, where she died later that day.
Police said, “The suspects fled the scene without identifying or notifying paramedics of the cosmetic procedure for proper life-saving protocols. As a result, the victim died in the emergency room where treating The doctor was unaware of the silicone injections.” a statement.
Police say injecting non-existent silicone into the body can cause it to enter the bloodstream and cause an embolism that can cause serious illness or death.
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“Suspects Adam and Galaz are a mother and daughter team who created these inherently unsafe, non-FDA approved, cosmetic buttock augmentations. Neither are licensed medical providers in California nor their clients. Recruited through Instagram,” the statement continued.
Adam and Galaz are free on bond and are due back in court on Nov. 3, when a hearing will then be scheduled to determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial.