Crime & Public Safety

A San Mateo County jury has convicted an unlicensed Florida cosmetologist of felony involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 death of Christina Ashten Gourkani, a social media influencer known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike. Vivian Alexandra Gomez, 53, administered a lethal silicone injection at a Burlingame hotel, leading to Gourkani's death from respiratory failure and pulmonary embolism.