Thirty-four years old Kelly
Mayhew, started gurgling and struggling to breathe after being injected with
silicone.
She has died after
receiving unlicensed buttock injections in a basement in New York, police have
said.
The woman who carried out
the procedure then grabbed her keys, ran out of the house, and drove off,
according to a report in the New York Daily News.
The victim had travelled
from Maryland to Queens with her mother who attempted to perform CPR, but she
died later in hospital.
Ms Mayhew worked as a
freelancer for Viacom-owned BET Networks, which runs television channels aimed
at African American audiences.
BET spokesman Jamie Owens
said: "Our heart goes out to her family and we extend our deepest
sympathies for their loss."
Ms Mayhew's mother told
police that her daughter was healthy and had five previous buttock
enhancements.
The latest procedure was
reportedly organised by a family friend. Detectives are hunting for the
suspect.
A post-mortem examination
was inconclusive, and the city medical examiner's office said additional
studies would be carried out.
The owner of the
three-storey home where the procedure took place said the tenant who was living
there was going through a "financial hardship".
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