Posted on 03/25/2004 2:46:39 PM PST by nuconvert
Man Charged With Murder for Silicone Injection Death
Mar 25, 2004
By C.G. Wallace/ Associated Press Writer/
ATLANTA (AP) - A man accused of injecting industrial-grade silicone into men who were living as women and wanted to look more feminine was charged with murder after one of them died. In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Stephen Oneal Thomas, 31, was also charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Thomas, who is living as a woman, had been working Dougherty County for at least a year, holding "pumping parties" where he would inject silicone into cheeks, lips, breasts and buttocks, said prosecutor Ken Hodges.
He said Thomas did much of his work among people who compete in elaborate beauty pageants for men living as women.
Industrial-grade silicone is sold in hardware stores as a sealant. It is not sterile and can cause extensive tissue damage when absorbed into the bloodstream.
Andre D. Jeter, 23, of Montgomery, Ala., suffered convulsions and fell into a coma Dec. 10 after getting injections in his face and chest during a pumping party. He died a month later.
Mark Edwards, 23, Freddie Clyde, 22, and Kontavius Parks, 23, were also indicted for allegedly helping Thomas inject silicone in at least five men. The co-defendants are also living as women.
Among men living as women, silicone injections are seen as a cheap and secret way to appear more feminine.
"I do know there are people who sort of make the circuit, pumping people with silicone," said Dallas Denny of Gender Education & Advocacy, a support group for transgendered people.
Most of the material injected "can be bought at Home Depot," and is often mixed with paraffin, oil or even peanut butter, she said. The injections are often given in a hotel room or in the back of a bar, Denny said.
I am going to steal a caulking gun and some caulk from my employer and head for SF...LOL
mix it with some of this
or this
Load resulting goop into this
to end up with THAT! 
Clickety click, clickety click, clickety click.
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