By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH

A Riverside County woman was convicted this week of second-degree murder for injecting silicone oil into a woman’s buttocks just over a year after being found guilty of a lesser charge stemming from another woman’s death under similar circumstances.

The downtown Los Angeles jury deliberated just over a day before finding Libby Adame, 55, guilty on Thursday, Oct. 9, of the murder charge in connection with the March 24 death of Cindyana Santangelo, 59, of Malibu, along with a count of practicing medicine without certification.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta ordered Adame to be held without the possibility of bail while awaiting sentencing on Nov. 5. She is facing 15 years to life in state prison.

Santangelo’s husband, Frank, told reporters outsi

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