A woman has been arrested in connection with the deaths of three family members from arsenic poisoning at a Christmas party in Brazil. Police are investigating a long-standing dispute between the suspect and the victim's mother-in-law.
Detectives investigating a Christmas cake food poisoning that left three members of the same family dead are expected to reveal a long-standing dispute between the woman who baked it and her daughter-in-law, who was arrested yesterday. Deise Moura was held yesterday by police at the home she shares with her husband Diego in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, with police confirming that a female suspect had been detained on suspicion of triple murder and attempted murder.
Deise's mother-in-law Zeli Dos Anjos made the traditional festive treat which killed her two sisters as well as her niece at a family Christmas party at Torres near Porto Alegre in southern Brazil 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 tucking into the cake, and traces of deadly arsenic were found in their bodies, authorities later revealed. Tatiana's 10-year-old son Matheus, Zeli's great nephew, was treated in hospital and only released on Friday, while Maida's husband Jefferson was also treated but Neuza's husband Joao did not eat any cake and was unaffected. Police are set to expand on what they believe lies behind the horror poisoning, with reports in Brazil pointing to the suspect and Zeli having quarrelled in the past in a dispute said to be linked to what subsequently occurred. It comes after MailOnline revealed that Zeli's first husband Paulo Luis, 68, died after eating a banana that had been contaminated, with officials set to exhume his body from its final resting place next Thursday as part of their prob
Poisoning Arsenic Murder Family Dispute
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Husband of Woman Suspected of Poisoning Christmas Cake Dies After Eating BananaPaulo Dos Anjos, 66, died in September from food poisoning after eating a banana. His cousin believes the banana may have been contaminated by chemicals from the flood that devastated their former home. Authorities in Brazil want to exhume Paulo's body after his wife Zeli made a Christmas cake laced with arsenic that killed three relatives.
Read more »
Woman Arrested for Poisoning Christmas Cake, Killing Three RelativesDeise Moura was arrested on suspicion of murdering her relatives after they consumed a Christmas cake laced with poison. The cake, baked by Zeli Dos Anjos, also hospitalized her husband's son, Diego Dos Anjos, and his wife, Zeli. Three other relatives died after eating the cake, and police are investigating a possible connection to a previous death from 'food poisoning' involving Zeli's late husband.
Read more »
Woman Arrested for Murder After Poisoning Family with Christmas CakeA woman in Brazil has been arrested for the murder of three relatives after they ate a Christmas cake laced with poison. The suspect's daughter-in-law is fighting for her life and her late husband's body will be exhumed for further investigation.
Read more »
Christmas Cake Poisoning: Three Dead in BrazilThree family members died after consuming Christmas cake baked by Zeli Terezinha Silva dos Anjos in Brazil. Police are investigating the cause of death, suspecting arsenic poisoning.
Read more »
Christmas Cake Poisoning in Brazil Linked to Possible Power CutThree members of a family died after eating a Christmas cake in Brazil. Police are investigating if a power cut that may have spoiled ingredients used in the cake is linked to the fatal poisonings. Traces of arsenic were found in the victims' bodies. A previous death in the family is also being investigated.
Read more »
Power Cut Suspected in Fatal Christmas Cake PoisoningPolice in Brazil are investigating whether a power cut caused contaminated food to be used in a Christmas cake that killed three family members. Traces of arsenic were found in the victims' bodies. The suspect, Erin Patterson, prepared the cake at a holiday home after a power outage may have spoiled food items like currants.
Read more »