A woman in Brazil fed her family an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, killing three female relatives and hospitalizing three others, cops say.
A piece of this traditional family Christmas cake proved deadly for three female relatives in Brazil. RS Civil Police
The identity of the woman — who was charged with triple homicide — was not announced by police, but local media reported that she was the daughter-in-law of the woman who unknowingly helped prepare the tainted cake.
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The suspect researched arsenic on the internet before the incident, officials confirmed to RBS TV.
The toxic cake immediately killed Tatiana Denize Silva dos Anjos, 43, and Maida Berenice Flores da Silva, 58. They both died from cardiac arrest after eating the Bolo de Natal – a
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