LATESHA BYNUM
By Maria Rocha-Buschel
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman following black-market butt enhancing injections she received in a Gramercy apartment over the summer. Police arrested Kevin Richardson, 47, last Tuesday and charged him with manslaughter for the death.
The New York Post reported that Richardson had changed his appearance to avoid being arrested while he was on the run in New Jersey, Louisiana and Texas before being caught.
Latesha Bynum, a 31-year-old woman from Harlem, reportedly received the cosmetic injections from Richardson and 44-year-old Allison Spence, allegedly working as Richardson’s assistant, on July 15 inside an apartment at 319 East 21st Street. Bynum went to the hospital that night, claiming she had chest pains and felt dizzy. She was later declared brain-dead at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Medical Center and was taken off life support on July 27.
