Two months after her troubling death, the Orleans Parish Coroner has determined that UNO student Ciaya Whetstone died of a fentanyl overdose before her body was dropped off at a hospital.
Whetstone had lethal doses of fentanyl and ethanol in her system at the time of her death, according to the coroner’s office.
Her death is classified as accidental.
Circumstances around what happened on the night of Feb. 19 are still unclear. Whetstone reportedly attended a Mardi Gras parade. Sometime around 1 a.m. a co-worker says she got into an Uber and was not seen or heard from again. Hours later, her Uber driver reportedly dropped off her dead body at a local hospital.
