KNOWN FATALITYCAUSALITY: ALLEGED

Cañas Dulces de Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

April 2014

Bente Solberg, a Norwegian woman, died in April 2014 at Iboga House Center in Canas Dulces de Liberia, Costa Rica. La Nacion reported that forensic authorities linked the death to a cardiac complication following ibogaine ingestion.

Norwegian newspaper VG identifies her as Bente Solberg, aged 42. La Nacion reports age 41 and a different spelling of the name. Its account attributes the medical finding to Costa Rica's forensic authority. The underlying forensic report was not reviewed. Internal note: Appendix rows 27 and 36 in the Arns database appear to describe this same death - do not duplicate. La Nacion later calls the venue "Gabon House Center". Sources: - La Nacion, "Noruega murio por ingerir droga para tratar adiccion", David Delgado C., 2015-03-19. https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/seguridad/noruega-murio-por-ingerir-droga-para-tratar-adiccion/ZQRRPE2LNFFY3MOX4AGXTLRJ2Y/story/ - VG, "Bente (42) ville bli rusfri...", Ingeborg Huse Amundsen, 2015-10-11. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/kaO0pj/bente-42-ville-bli-rusfri-familien-advarer-mot-mirakelplante-doede-paa-sjaman-rehab - Arns, Shinozuka & Barsuglia, Ibogaine Fatality Database (Research Square preprint supplement), Appendix 3 case 27.

Investigation & Causality

Substance Reported

Ibogaine, reported. Formulation unverified.

Exposure Context

Retreat ceremony

Ibogaine Causality

Alleged

Investigation Authority

Medicatura Forense, Costa Rica (per La Nacion)

Case Details

Location

Cañas Dulces de Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Name

Bente Solberg

Sex

Female

Nationality

Norwegian

Cause of Death (as first reported)

Cardiac complication following ibogaine ingestion, as attributed to forensic authorities by La Nacion