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Salinas Woman Charged With Murder In Fake Botox Death Case

Posted: 7:38 am PDT May 5, 2006

Monterey County prosecutors announced late Thursday that the charge against Martha Mata Vasquez has been upgraded to murder for allegedly injecting cooking oil into a woman's buttocks, causing her death.

According to authorities, Vasquez, 39, injected the substance into the buttocks of Olivia Castillo last fall, leading to her death on November 24 from an embolism.

Castillo believed the substance would "enhance her buttocks" and may have believed it was Botox, Monterey County Assistant District Attorney Berkley Brannon said in March after Vasquez's initial arrest.

Vasquez had been charged with manslaughter in connection with Castillo's death but further investigation uncovered additional witnesses and evidence that led prosecutors to file a murder charge, according to a statement from the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.

Vasquez is currently in custody on $1 million bail.

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