A woman wanted for 17 years in a Georgia mother’s death after an illegal silicone injection helped set her own arrest in motion by asking officials to renew a driver’s license she had obtained using a stolen identity, authorities said.
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authorities → want → identity
Tamaira Angell Smith, 52, faces a felony murder charge in the death of Eyanna Moore, 29, of Loganville.
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Smith → face → Loganville
Authorities extradited Smith from Texas to Georgia, where she remains in the Gwinnett County Jail.
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she → extradite → Jail
Smith allegedly injected silicone into Moore’s left buttock inside a Holiday Inn Express hotel room near Stone Mountain on May 30, 2009, according to a Gwinnett County criminal arrest warrant.
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Smith → inject → warrant
Moore died the following day.
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Moore → die → ?
Moore’s maternal aunt, Yolanda Hammond, told Fox News Digital that her niece researched providers before agreeing to the procedure.
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niece → tell → procedure
Hammond said Smith and another woman presented themselves as sisters, one a doctor and Smith as a physician assistant.
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one → say → assistant
"Eyanna did extensive research," Hammond said.
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Hammond → do → research
"The website checked out, they had reviews, but we later found out there was an actual cosmetic location except for they were not the real people.
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they → check → reviews
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"They used someone else’s credentials to pose themselves as those people."
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They → use → people
Hammond said Smith called Moore’s husband, David, shortly after the procedure and told him to come to the hotel with yogurt and Gatorade.
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Smith → say → yogurt
When he arrived, he found Moore in distress and called 911.
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Moore → arrive → 911
Smith later called David to ask how Moore was doing, Hammond said.
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Hammond → call → David
He told her Moore had died.
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Moore → tell → her
"He said she [Smith] was screaming ‘no,’ and hung up the phone," Hammond said.
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Hammond → say → phone
"Nobody never heard from her again."
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Nobody → hear → her
Gwinnett police secured an arrest warrant in June 2009, first charging Smith with practicing medicine without a license.
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police → secure → license
When the felony murder warrant came months later, Smith had already fled.
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Smith → come → ?
Driver’s license renewal leads to an arrest
Smith then obtained a South Carolina driver’s license using a woman’s stolen identity in November 2018, according to a Sept. 25 news release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
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Smith → lead → Division
In July 2026, Smith contacted the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles for assistance after an alert on the license prevented her from renewing it online.
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alert → contact → it
SLED assigned the identity fraud investigation to Special Agent Shawn Ludwig in August.
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SLED → assign → August
Facial recognition helped him identify Smith and uncover the outstanding murder warrant.
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him → help → warrant
SLED Director of Public Information Renée Wunderlich told Fox News Digital that Ludwig and Senior Special Agent Bridgette Lott worked together on the investigation.
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Ludwig → tell → investigation
The pair identified another alias Smith used in McKinney, Texas, and gave her vehicle information to local police.
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Smith → identify → police
McKinney officers located Smith’s vehicle and arrested her in August.
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officers → locate → August
Hammond said she was stunned by how investigators found Smith.
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investigators → say → Smith
"You ran for 17 years and then you call and ask for help under an alias, like really?" she said.
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she → run → alias
A bond hearing has been set for Smith on Oct. 22 at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center.
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hearing → set → Center
Fox News Digital reached out to her attorney.
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Digital → reach → attorney
Moore’s family hopes for justice
Moore’s death left her four children — Tatiyanna, Faith, Fantasia and Tristan — to grow up without their mother.
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death → hop → mother
Two of the children were so young that they have no recollection of Moore.
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they → have → Moore
Now, the family plans to attend court hearings and hopes for justice.
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family → attend → justice
"She was always advancing herself for a better career for herself and her family," Hammond added.
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Hammond → advance → herself
"She’s 29 years old and she had a full life ahead of her...well educated young woman, married with children, and she just didn’t deserve that."
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she → ’ → that
Hammond now hopes Moore’s death will raise awareness of illegal silicone injections and help other families avoid the loss hers has endured.
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hers → hop → loss
"The thing that I would like for the world to know is just, you know, make sure you do your due diligence vetting these people.
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you → like → people
Make sure that you check the credentials.
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you → make → credentials
"No alteration of your body is worth you losing your life."
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you → lose → life
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