Gorgeous New Orleans Coed Dumped 'Face Blue' by Uber Driver, LEFT TO DIE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
University of New Orleans student Ciaya Whetstone enjoys her first Mardi Gras celebration with her friends and her boyfriend: She posts photos on Instagram captioned, "Well my first Mardi Gras parade did not disappoint."
As the night progresses, Whetstone ends up at her boyfriend's house, and later in the evening decides to go home to check on her dog. She calls an Uber.
Whetstone’s roommate is home and Whetstone introduces the Uber driver as a “new friend." She announces to the roommate her plans to leave with the driver. The roommate tries to get Whetstone to stay home, but she says she wants to go find her car. That is the last time Whetstone was seen alive.
Around 6:41 a.m., a man claiming to be an Uber Driver brings a visibly ill woman to New Orleans East Hospital and drops her off. The medical staff says Whetstone is blue in the face and has dilated, fixed pupils. There are no other outward injuries.
Hospital personnel try to revive Whetstone without success. The time of death is called about 7 a.m. The Coroner determines that Whetstone has lethal doses of fentanyl and ethanol in her system at the time.
Whetstone's mother is still pushing for answers in her daughter's death. No one has been charged in Whetstone's death.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Miranda Whetstone - Victim's Mother
- Renee Rockwell (Atlanta) - Criminal Defense Attorney; Facebook: "Renee.Rockwell"
- Dr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Twitter: @TrialDoc; Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology"
- Dan Corsentino - Former Police Chief & Former Sheriff, and Private Investigator; Served on US Homeland Security Senior Advisory Board
- Dr. William Morrone - Medical Examiner, Toxicologist, Pathologist, and Opioid Treatment Expert; Author: “American Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl Associated Mortality”
- Nicole Partin – CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter; Twitter: @nicolepartin
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| 0:00.0 | MUSIC |
| 0:06.0 | Crime stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:14.0 | She's beautiful on the inside and the outside. |
| 0:19.0 | She's young. |
| 0:21.0 | She's healthy. |
| 0:23.0 | A college student who actually wants to help children |
| 0:28.0 | when she is through with her education. |
| 0:32.0 | She is so alive. |
| 0:35.0 | You know, there are people that just kind of like through life. |
| 0:39.0 | And then there are those people when they walk in the room. |
| 0:42.0 | It's electric. |
| 0:44.0 | You want to go talk to them. |
| 0:46.0 | You want to be around them like a moth in the flame. |
| 0:51.0 | That's this girl. |
| 0:53.0 | Kaya, well, what's down? |
| 0:57.0 | Can somebody explain to me? |
| 1:01.0 | Why? |
| 1:02.0 | This gorgeous young co-ed is dumped. |
| 1:08.0 | Blue in the face dumped like a sack of potatoes outside a hospital |
| 1:17.0 | and left to die. |
| 1:19.0 | And yes, this beautiful young girl Kaya died. |
| 1:26.0 | And as of right now, no justice. |
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