Cambridge University student Alana Cutland was 'staring into space' in the hours before she jumped to her death from a light aircraft in Madagascar after enduring sleepless nights and bouts of paranoia.
Staff at the conservation project where she was working as an intern have described how her mental health dramatically declined within days of her arrival at the island's remote Anjajavy nature reserve.
At one point Alana, 19, became so disorientated and confused that she feared being jailed by the authorities in Madagascar if she failed to complete her project on the local population of crabs.
The shocking decline in her mental state led to speculation that she may have suffered an adverse reaction to anti-malarial medication, according to a witness statement released to MailOnline.
Staff at the conservation project where she was working as an intern have described how her mental health dramatically declined within days of her arrival at the island's remote Anjajavy nature reserve.
At one point Alana, 19, became so disorientated and confused that she feared being jailed by the authorities in Madagascar if she failed to complete her project on the local population of crabs.
The shocking decline in her mental state led to speculation that she may have suffered an adverse reaction to anti-malarial medication, according to a witness statement released to MailOnline.
Yup!!
I can attest that Malaria pills has a very weird effect on you. When you're on the continent you're encouraged to take them. The thing is, many people including me and my colleagues reported having very "dark" dreams when taking them. I took them for two days and stopped after I realized that I wasn't being bitten by mosquitoes, and I'm a Mosquito magnet!! What an absolutely horrible way to go...
