Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

To­ba­go po­lice have launched a foren­sic in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the death of 41-year-old Iyana Cas­tana­da, who col­lapsed and died sud­den­ly in Ma­son Hall on Fri­day night.

Cas­tana­da re­port­ed­ly fell ill af­ter drink­ing a cup of moringa tea. A male friend told of­fi­cers she com­plained of se­vere bel­ly pain and col­lapsed around 11.30 pm at a home in Top Hill.

How­ev­er, an­oth­er ac­count from a woman close to Cas­tana­da sug­gests she may have be­come un­well af­ter bathing in an out­door pool while lim­ing, and was pos­si­bly giv­en the tea to help with shiv­er­ing.

Doc­tors re­ferred the case to po­lice fol­low­ing an ini­tial as­sess­ment, and a foren­sic au­top­sy has been rec­om­mend­ed to de­ter­mine the cause of death.

A Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer vis­it­ed the scene, and the body was tak­en to the Scar­bor­ough Mor­tu­ary around 2 am.

Po­lice say in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.