by Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

Af­ter 32 days of wait­ing, a foren­sic au­top­sy will fi­nal­ly be per­formed on the body of 41-year-old Iyana Cas­tana­da to­mor­row.

Cas­tana­da’s body has re­mained at the mor­tu­ary of the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal since April 11, when she col­lapsed and died at Top Hill, Ma­son Hall.

Doc­tors con­duct­ed a clin­i­cal au­top­sy short­ly af­ter her death and raised con­cerns of pos­si­ble foul play.

The case was then re­ferred to the po­lice and clas­si­fied as a foren­sic mat­ter, but with­out a res­i­dent foren­sic pathol­o­gist in To­ba­go, the au­top­sy was de­layed, stalling the po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tion and leav­ing the fam­i­ly in lim­bo.

Po­lice con­firmed that the foren­sic au­top­sy is now sched­uled for to­mor­row.

Cas­tana­da’s death re­mains un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

A 36-year-old male friend told of­fi­cers she com­plained of bel­ly pains af­ter drink­ing moringa tea and col­lapsed soon af­ter.

How­ev­er, a woman close to Cas­tana­da claimed she had been cook­ing all day, then went to bathe in an out­door pool while lim­ing—with­out cool­ing down first.

When she start­ed to shiv­er, she was al­leged­ly giv­en tea to help.

Cas­tana­da’s fam­i­ly has been un­able to bury her or get clo­sure while wait­ing for an­swers.