Lateasha Shuntel’s neighbors told Channel 2 Action News the death stayed with them for six months before the alleged killer was found.
“The whole street here was already upset about it,” neighbor Terry Greenberg, told the news station.
Shuntel, a popular transgender performer in Atlanta, has her Facebook page memorialized. On the Page, fans and loved one leave messages remembering her spirit.
“I hope Lateasha had some idea of how much we all care about her,” one friend commented under a photo.
Shuntel died in November after receiving illegal silicone injections.
Deanna Roberts was charged with knowingly possessing and transporting liquid silicone across state lines and injecting it into four women.
Roberts purchased 178 gallons of liquid silicone from an Arizona-based business between 2004 and 2015, police said.
Liquid silicone is primarily used for certain eye conditions and is regulated by The Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Attorney John Horn said in a release.
Shuntel thanked Roberts in a Facebook post from November and referenced a pain in her buttocks, Channel 2 reported. She died at her Doraville home the next day.
Roberts, police say, claimed to be a medical professional when she injected the four women, including Shuntel, with liquid silicone. Shuntel is the only one of Roberts’ alleged victims who died.
The arrest eased some residents, but for others it won’t bring Shuntel back.
“Somebody who’s obviously very greedy and after money obviously misrepresented themselves as a medical person,” Greenberg told Channel 2.
Roberts remained in jail Thursday without bond and is considered a threat to her community.
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