A prosecutor urged jurors Tuesday to convict a Riverside County woman of murder for allegedly injecting silicone oil into a woman’s buttocks just over a year after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter involving another woman’s death, while a defense attorney countered that his client didn’t do anything wrong involving the latest alleged victim.

The downtown Los Angeles jury was handed the case late Tuesday against Libby Adame, 55, who is charged with one count each of murder and practicing medicine without certification in connection with the March 24 death of 59-year-old Cindyana Santangelo of Malibu.

Jurors are due back in court Wednesday for deliberations.

Adame and her daughter, Alicia Galaz, were convicted in March 2024 of involuntary manslaughter — but acquitted of the m

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