A Florida woman who posed as a medical professional has pleaded
guilty to injecting four people with illegally purchased and improperly
used silicone, resulting in one victim’s death, The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported. Deanna Roberts, 47, is scheduled to be sentenced in May on eight felonies related to Lateasha Hall’s November 2015 death.
An autopsy conducted after Hall’s death revealed her
lungs were congested with silicone, and tests detected the substance
was also in her liver, kidney, heart, brain and spleen, The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported.
Hall, who was a popular drag queen in the Atlanta area, was injected 10
times in each of her buttocks, and a medical examiner said Roberts
punctured a blood vessel with one of the injections. The substance
traveled throughout the blood stream to her lungs and other vital
organs, eventually leading to Hall’s death, the news outlet reported.
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