New Orleans student, 21, dropped off dead at a hospital after taking Uber home from Mardi Gras

Police in New Orleans are trying to solve the mystery of what happened to a 21-year-old college student who died shortly after being dumped at a hospital, six hours after taking an Uber alone. 

Ciaya Jordan Whetstone, a business administration junior at University of New Orleans, was brought to New Orleans hospital at 7am on Saturday and was pronounced dead an hour later. 

Her cause of death is still unclear at this time. 

Whetstone, who was set to graduate in 2023, had traveled to suburb of Metairie with a friend, Juliet Orr, on Friday to attend a pre-Mardi Gras Carnival parade on Friday night, reported Nola.com.