Grainy cellphone video showed a man — apparently Woodroffe — being dragged between thatch-roofed homes by a cord wrapped around his neck as he begged for mercy. But prosecutors in Peru said Monday it was far from clear who was responsible for Arevalo’s death and that several theories were being investigated, Reuters reported. Arevalo’s family accused Woodroffe of killing her because she wouldn’t give him the hallucinogenic plant brew ayahuasca. Woodroffe explained further in a related crowdfunding page that he planned to travel to Peru to study with a Shipibo plant healer. In December 2015, Winnipeg resident Joshua Stevens travelled to an ayahuasca retreat in Peru in the hopes of treating a skin condition.

Source: National Post April 23, 2018 23:37 UTC