Botched butt lift surgery kills police detective mum-of-three

A police detective and mum-of-three has died a week after undergoing a butt lift and liposuction procedure, according to reports. Alicia Stone, 40, who worked for the New York Police Department (NYPD) was rushed to Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital in Colombia on Thursday after she was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room. Ms Stone, who had worked in the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau for 13 years, was pronounced dead an hour after being checked in for treatment, sources said.

Her cause of death was listed as "unspecified cardiac arrest", according to the New York Daily News. Ms Stone's husband Michael said he would request a probe into the cause of her sudden death, suggesting that "something doesn't add up". The 40-year-old underwent a gluteal fat transfer and lipsuction procedure just days before she was hospitalised and had been taking anticoagulants and pain medication, reports suggest.

"The doctor who called me from Colombia just called me and told me my wife had just passed away," Mr Stone said.

"She didn't have any information to tell me when I was asking her ... Something just doesn't add up. To be called [on] Thursday and told that she passed away, that is just shocking and hurtful."

Ms Stone's husband added that his wife had been "perfectly fine" before going under the knife and also claimed to feel alright the day before her untimely death. "I don't have the facts, and that's what I need, the facts of what happened," he said.

A fundraiser set up to support the 40-year-old's family described her as a "loving mother of three" and a "dedicated public servant who spent her career protecting and serving others".

"Alicia's kindness, courage and compassion touched everyone she met, both in and out of uniform," it continued.

"Her unexpected passing has left a tremendous void in the lives of her family, friends and fellow officers."

A report in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal published in 2017 suggested that butt enhancement surgery can be 10 to 20 times as dangerous as other forms of cosmetic treatment performed in the US.

Globally, it said around one in 3,448 patients died after undergoing the procedure, a far more significant figure than the US death rate from cosmetic surgery in general, which is roughly one in 55,000.