Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les 

The foren­sic au­top­sy of Iyana Cas­tana­da has been de­layed once more this time be­cause the pathol­o­gist sched­uled to per­form it missed his flight to To­ba­go on Tues­day morn­ing.

Health of­fi­cials con­firmed the pro­ce­dure was set for that morn­ing but said arrange­ments are now be­ing made to resched­ule. Cas­tana­da’s body re­mains at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal mor­tu­ary, where it has been since April 11.

The 41-year-old col­lapsed and died at Top Hill, Ma­son Hall. A clin­i­cal au­top­sy raised con­cerns of pos­si­ble foul play, prompt­ing po­lice to clas­si­fy the case as a foren­sic mat­ter. But with no res­i­dent foren­sic pathol­o­gist on the is­land, the de­lay has stretched to 32 days—stalling the in­ves­ti­ga­tion and leav­ing her fam­i­ly with­out an­swers.

A 36-year-old male friend pre­vi­ous­ly told in­ves­ti­ga­tors Cas­tana­da had com­plained of bel­ly pain af­ter drink­ing moringa tea and col­lapsed soon af­ter. How­ev­er, a woman close to her claimed she had spent the day cook­ing, then bathed in an out­door pool while lim­ing—with­out cool­ing down first. She re­port­ed­ly be­gan shiv­er­ing and was giv­en tea to help.

Po­lice say the case re­mains un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion.