A woman in Brazil has been arrested for the alleged poisoning of her family's Christmas cake, resulting in the deaths of three members and leaving another fighting for her life. Police suspect the suspect, Deise Moura, contaminated the flour used in the cake, leading to the deaths from arsenic poisoning.
Brazil ian police have revealed that the woman arrested in an alleged Christmas cake poisoning had rowed with her family for years before three of them were killed by the arsenic-laced dessert. Deise Moura, the daughter-in-law of one of the women who was poisoned but survived, was arrested yesterday at her home in Rio Grande do Sul on suspicion of triple murder and attempted murder.
Her mother-in-law Zeli Dos Anjos made the traditional festive treat which killed three members of her family at a Christmas party in the southern city of Torres on December 23. Mother-of-one Zeli is still in hospital fighting for her life, while her two sisters Maida da Silva, 58, and Neuza Dos Anjos, 65, both died along with Neuza's daughter Tatiana Dos Santos, 43. They lost their lives within hours of eating the cake, with police chief Marcus Vinicius Veloso saying today that the flour found in Zeli's home had contained large amounts of arsenic. 'We suspect the individual arrested entered Zeli's house and then contaminated the flour,' the investigating officer revealed at a press conference today. Police and forensic officers confirmed that 'elevated levels' of arsenic had been found in the cake and in the blood and urine of those who had died, as well as those who survived. Veloso added that other substances were found in searches of the suspect's home at Nova Santa Rita, but he said tests and investigations were still ongoing and he could not comment further. Police said that the 'disagreements' between the suspect and Zeli stretched back almost 20 years, but they refused to go into what exactly they were other than to say 'further elements would be released in due course
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