A young Black mother from Las Vegas, Ahmonique Miller, died hours after undergoing cosmetic surgery in Miami and receiving unprescribed medication at an unlicensed recovery home.
She was 28 years old and leaves behind a one-year-old daughter.
The incident occurred in March 2025, after Miller and her sister, Kiera Barnes, traveled to Avana Plastic Surgery in Miami for a Brazilian butt lift and liposuction. Following the procedure, Miller checked into Keyla’s Recovery House, a facility that authorities later confirmed was unlicensed and illegally operating.
Dangerous Drugs, No License, and No Oversight
According to Barnes’ statement to investigators, Keyla Oliver, the owner of the recovery house, administered two Percocet pills from an unlabeled bottle, as well as muscle relaxers, when Miller’s own prescribed medications were not available.
Miller was last seen resting between noon and 1 p.m. When staff checked on her again around 9:30 p.m., they found her unresponsive and face-down, showing signs of rigor mortis. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at 10:26 p.m. that night.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner later determined her cause of death to be acute combined drug toxicity. Toxicology reports found oxycodone and bromazolam—a potent, often lethal designer drug commonly found in counterfeit pills—in her system.
The medical report disclosed that this drug combination is dangerous, especially when a patient is asleep, as it can severely depress respiration and result in death during rest.
An Ongoing Investigation
Oliver admitted to police that she was not licensed to provide medical care, which is a criminal offense in Florida. Authorities are still investigating the circumstances surrounding Miller’s death and whether others may be held accountable.
Miller’s grieving family is devastated. Her mother said in a public statement:
“I have to remind myself every day that this is real… Ahmonique is not coming back.”
Loved ones remember her as a vibrant young woman and a dedicated mother to her toddler daughter, who now faces life without her.
National Attention on Unsafe Post-Op Care
This tragedy sheds light on the rising number of cosmetic surgery-related deaths, particularly in Florida, where Miami has become a hotspot for affordable plastic surgery—but also an epicenter for underground and dangerous recovery houses.
Unlicensed facilities like the one Miller checked into often lack proper medical oversight, putting vulnerable patients—many of them Black women seeking body-enhancing procedures—at serious risk.
