A 28-year-old mother from out of state died in March after undergoing cosmetic surgery in Miami and staying at an unlicensed recovery home. Ahmonique Miller and her sister had traveled together for the procedures, hoping for a transformative experience. Instead, within hours of surgery, Ahmonique was dead.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner ruled her cause of death as acute combined drug toxicity from oxycodone and bromazolam—a potent, unregulated designer drug often found in counterfeit pills. There were no signs of surgical complications.
According to police reports, Ahmonique was given multiple drugs at the recovery house, Keyla’s Recovery House, including two Percocets and muscle relaxers from her sister’s prescription. The recovery home was not licensed, and the owner, Keyla Oliver, told police she did not have a medical license. Ahmonique’s actual prescriptions were reportedly never picked up.
Ahmonique’s mother, Wakeelah Miller, devastated by the loss, has started an online petition calling for stricter laws and oversight of unlicensed recovery homes in Florida. She said her daughter was intelligent, loving, and left behind a one-year-old daughter.
Miami police are still investigating, and neither the recovery home owner nor Avana Plastic Surgery, where the procedure was performed, has commented publicly.
“This should never have happened,” Wakeelah said. “My daughter should be here with her child.”
