Near­ly a month af­ter 41-year-old Iyana Cas­tana­da col­lapsed and died af­ter drink­ing a cup of tea, a foren­sic au­top­sy is yet to be con­duct­ed.

Her body re­mains at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal mor­tu­ary.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands the mat­ter was clas­si­fied as a foren­sic case, as foul play is sus­pect­ed by doc­tors who raised sus­pi­cions dur­ing the clin­i­cal au­top­sy.

How­ev­er, up to yes­ter­day, po­lice said they were still await­ing the ar­rival of a pathol­o­gist from Trinidad to per­form the au­top­sy and con­firm the cause of death.

Cas­tana­da died on the night of April 11 at Top Hill, Ma­son Hall.

Po­lice said a 36-year-old male friend told of­fi­cers that she be­gan com­plain­ing of bel­ly pains short­ly af­ter drink­ing a cup of moringa tea around 11.30 pm. She col­lapsed and died soon af­ter.

Po­lice al­so heard from a woman close to Cas­tana­da, who claimed the 41-year-old spent the day cook­ing and, with­out cool­ing down, went to bathe in an out­door pool.

The woman claimed Cas­tana­da be­gan shiv­er­ing, feel­ing un­well and was giv­en tea to help.

Doc­tors at the hos­pi­tal lat­er re­ferred the case to the po­lice due to con­cerns raised dur­ing their as­sess­ment.