Suspect of the Christmas cake poisoning in Brazil dead in prison

Suspect of the Christmas cake poisoning in Brazil dead in prison

A woman who is suspected of three members of the same family by To have killed Christmas cake , was dead in her cell in Brasilian "state of rio grand Sul found. Deise Moura dos Anjos was discovered during a morning control in a women's prison in Guaíba, a city in southern Brazil, without signs of life, the CNN broadcaster CNN Brasil reported on Thursday, citing the local police.

First aid measures and examination

"The prison staff immediately provided first aid" and called the emergency services, which confirmed death after arriving, "says a press release from the criminal police." Deisen was solely in the cell. The circumstances are examined by the civil police and the General Institute of Forensic Medicine, "added the explanation.

personal tragedies and family conflicts

According to information from CNN Brasil, DOS Anjos ’husband, Diego, requested divorce the day before her death. The poisoning of the cake, in which three people died and three more were taken to the hospital, occurred on Christmas Eve in the city of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul.

high arsenic values ​​determined

In the bodies of the deceased, large amounts of arsenic were found, and in the flour used to produce the cake, arsenic values ​​were found, which were 2,700 times above the permitted limit, the police said. Dos Anjos, who was arrested in early January and was charged with triple murder and triple attempted murder, was the daughter-in-law of one of the victims, 60-year-old Zeli dos Anjos, as the police confirmed. Zeli was the one who had baked the cake.

long -term family tensions

The police had previously announced that Dos Anjos had had disputes with their family for over two decades. CNN has contacted the local police to obtain further comments.

The reporting on this incident was supported by CNN reporters Duarte Mendonca, João Scavacin and Rosa Rahimi.