‘Didn’t Like Any of Them’: Grudgeful Woman Accused of Poisoning Cake, Killing 3 Family Members In Shocking Feud — Police Now Question First Husband’s Death 

A Brazilian woman was arrested on Jan. 5 on suspicion of poisoning a Christmas cake that ravaged her husband’s extended family, leaving three dead and three seriously injured. The suspect, Deise Moura, reportedly “quarreled” frequently with her mother-in-law, Zeli Dos Anjos, and that may have been a motive for the shocking holiday tragedy, according to local reports. Zeli is thought to have baked a Bolo de Natal, a traditional Brazilian Christmas cake, at her seaside home in southern Brazil, which was served at a Christmas party at her sister’s apartment in Torres, near Porto Alegre, on Dec. 23. As part of the investigation, police seized the cake’s ingredients, which included flour, fruit — and arsenic. Police confirmed that the poison in the cake was mixed into the flour used in its preparation. Deise Moura is accused of killing three people with a poisonous cake. (Photo: Facebook/O Saudosista) Family members immediately detected a “bitter and peppery” taste, and within minutes, all six who ate the cake were vomiting. Several ambulances arrived to rush the inflicted family to the hospital, the outlet reported. But it was too late. Within hours of eating the poisoned treat, three were dead: Zeli’s two sisters’ Madia...