Mystery as UNO student Ciaya Jordan Whetstone, 21, ‘dropped off dead at hospital after taking Uber home from night out’

A 21-YEAR-old college student was reportedly dropped off dead at a local hospital after taking an Uber home from a night out.

Ciaya Jordan Whetstone, 21, a student at the University of New Orleans, hit the town with her friends on Friday night and turned up dead at a hospital the following day.

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Ciaya Jordan Whetstone, 21, a student at the University of New Orleans, was ‘dropped off dead at a hospital’ on Saturday morning[/caption]

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Ciaya Jordan Whetstone reportedly hit the town with her friends on Friday night before she turned up dead[/caption]

According to Whetstone’s friend, Juliet Orr, the 21-year-old attended the Carnival parades in Metairie on Friday but left the event at around 8.30pm.

Orr told NOLA that Whetstone then went to a bar with another group of friends, after which a friend brought the student to her boyfriend’s in Harahan.

The friend said Whetstone decided to take an Uber in the middle of the night to check on her dog, Zoe, at her Lakeshore Drive apartment in Gentilly.

However, when Whetstone got to her apartment, Orr said the driver apparently waited outside while she checked her dog.

Whetstone’s roommate, Reese White, said she told her to stay, but the 21-year-old insisted that the driver was her friend and left with him to “go find her car,” White said.

White said Whetstone appeared intoxicated, “I tried to convince her not to go,” she told NOLA.

Another friend, Roberto Torres, said he called Whetstone at about 1:30am Saturday, just as she got into her Uber ride.

Torres claims he overheard the driver ask her, “do you like to party?”

Whetstone reportedly told Torres that she would call him back, but when she didn’t, he tried her again.

“I called. I called. I called – nothing,” Torres told the outlet. The group of friends never heard of Whetstone again.

According to police, Whetstone was dropped off at a local hospital in an unresponsive state the following day and was soon pronounced dead.

Police in New Orleans are now investigating the mysterious death and are attempting to put together the student’s final moments.

Uber said they’ve removed the driver’s access to the platform and are working with investigators. However, they did not provide a name for the driver.

“Our thoughts are with Ciaya Whetstone’s family as they grieve the loss of their daughter. We stand ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation,” Uber said in a statement to The US Sun.

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Whetstone (left) was 21 at the time of her death[/caption]

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According to her friend, Whetstone was studying psychology at UNO[/caption]

‘NEVER MET AN ENEMY’

Orr and Torres, who worked with Whetstone at the mall retailer Buckle, said they are all shattered by their friend’s death.

Orr described the 21-year-old as an animal lover who “never met an enemy.”

“She was the most uplifting and loving and hopeful person that I’ve met. She’s never talked bad about anybody,” friend Julia Brooker told the outlet.

Whetstone was studying psychology at UNO, where she had a dream of helping kids through trauma therapy, according to Brooker.

Chris Ferrand, Whetstone’s stepfather, said everybody in her family is “still in such a shock.”

Ferrand, who lives in South Carolina with the rest of Whetstone’s family, said they are working on funeral arrangements for their daughter and are ready to get her back home.

“We’ve got a tough few days ahead of us,” Ferrand told NOLA.

On Sunday, Berea Advent Christian Church, where Whetstone was a youth group member, paid tribute to the 21-year-old in a touching Facebook post.

“We are very sadden [SIC] by the death of one of our youth family members Ciaya (Jordan) Whetstone. Our prayers go out to her mom and family as well as all the youth group members who loved her.

“She was a sweet loving girl who would always proclaim Christ! May we see you again some day!”

Police are actively investigating Whetstone’s death, and they’re still unclear who dropped the 21-year-old off at the hospital.

Officials said Whetstone arrived via “private conveyance,” a term law enforcement uses in cases where an ambulance isn’t used, and a victim is transported by a commercial motor vehicle.