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Cops await autopsy on woman who died after drinking tea

15 April 2025
This content originally appeared on News Day - Trinidad and Tobago.
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A forensic autopsy has been ordered into the death of 41-year-old Iyana Castanada of Chase Village.

On April 11 Tobago police responded to a report at Top Hill, Mason Hall, where they were told that around 11.30 pm, Castanada complained of stomach pains after allegedly consuming a cup of moringa tea.

Police said they were told that she collapsed shortly after,

A DMO visited the scene, and her body was ordered removed to the Scarborough General Hospital Mortuary shortly after 2 am on April 12.

A police source said, “As it is now, there is no reasonable cause to suspect foul play. We await the results of an autopsy to make that determination.”

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The date and time of the autopsy, he said, is yet to be confirmed.