Crime & Safety

NYPD Cop Dies In Colombia After Butt Lift Surgery: Reports

The NYPD detective had been recovering at the hotel after receiving a butt lift and liposuction procedure​ a week prior.

Authorities in Colombia and a NYPD representative are currently investigating the woman's death.
Authorities in Colombia and a NYPD representative are currently investigating the woman's death. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

NEW YORK CITY — An NYPD detective died after undergoing multiple plastic surgery procedures in Colombia, according to reports.

Det. Alicia Stone, 40, a 13-year NYPD veteran, was found unresponsive in her hotel room on Oct. 23, according to the New York Daily News. She was taken to a hospital in Cali, Colombia, where she was later pronounced dead.

Stone had been recovering at the hotel after receiving a butt lift and liposuction procedure a week prior.

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A doctor in Colombia told Stone's husband that the NYPD detective may have had a heart attack or blood clot.

"She didn’t even have any information to tell me when I was asking her. Something just doesn’t add up," Michael Stone said.

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“She was the mother of three kids,” he said. “She was a perfectionist. She strived for the highest degree of work. And in a short space of time, she moved from being a police officer to Internal Affairs, to a second-degree detective. I want her to be remembered as an officer who was loved by her peers and greatly, greatly loved by her family. And we miss her so much.”

Authorities in Colombia and a NYPD representative are currently investigating the woman's death.

Stone's husband has said he will ask for an autopsy once his wife's body is back in New York.

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