To­ba­go po­lice have launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the sud­den death of 41-year-old Iyana Cas­tana­da, of Chase Vil­lage, af­ter foul play was sus­pect­ed.

Guardian Me­dia was told doc­tors re­ferred the mat­ter to the po­lice fol­low­ing ini­tial med­ical as­sess­ments.

Po­lice sources said yes­ter­day it is now be­ing treat­ed as a foren­sic case. While the ex­act cir­cum­stances that raised sus­pi­cion re­main un­clear, a foren­sic au­top­sy has been rec­om­mend­ed to de­ter­mine the true cause of death.

Po­lice said Cas­tana­da died at Top Hill, Ma­son Hall, To­ba­go on Fri­day night short­ly af­ter drink­ing a cup of moringa tea. 

There were re­ports that a 36-year-old male friend told of­fi­cers that around 11.30 pm, Cas­tana­da com­plained of se­vere bel­ly pains and col­lapsed af­ter con­sum­ing tea. She died short­ly af­ter.

How­ev­er, a woman close to Cas­tana­da shared a dif­fer­ent ver­sion of events with the po­lice. She said Cas­tana­da had spent the day cook­ing and, with­out cool­ing off, went to bathe in an out­door pool while lim­ing. She lat­er com­plained of feel­ing un­well and was pos­si­bly giv­en the tea to help with shiv­er­ing.

A Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer vis­it­ed the scene and or­dered the body re­moved to the Scar­bor­ough Mor­tu­ary around 2 am on Sat­ur­day.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.