Add The New York Post on Google The Bronx woman allegedly killed by a dodgy doctor died after he accidentally injected her with air during a trendy anti-aging treatment, the city’s medical examiner ruled.
Elizabeth Baron, 27, died from a cardiac air embolism because air got into an IV by an unlicensed practitioner, allegedly Luis Rojas Cabrera, 55, according to the official cause of death revealed Tuesday.
The ME’s ruling clears up lingering mystery over Baron’s tragic and untimely demise during a July visit to Bereshit Lifestyle Center, a Riverdale wellness center that offered “natural medicine,” according to its website.
Elizabeth Baron’s death has been ruled a cardiac air embolism. Facebook/Maria Carrasquilla Luis Rojas Cabrera is arraigned in Criminal Court in the Bronx on Sunday, July 20, 2025. William C Lopez/NY Post Rojas Cabrera, who ran the spa and isn’t licensed to practice medicine in the US, allegedly injected Baron with NAD+ – a molecule hyped in woo-woo health circles and celebrities such as Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Joe Rogan for its supposed anti-aging properties.
But Baron immediately went into cardiac arrest after the injection, prompting Rojas Cabrera to knowingly admit to a police officer, “I made a very big mistake,” court documents allege.
Prosecutors charged Rojas Cabrera with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession, while they waited for autopsy results to see if his injection was linked to Baron’s death.
The city’s medical examiner eventually ruled Baron’s cause of death as a homicide, potentially exposing Rojas Cabrera to upgraded charges, sources have said.
