Mother dies after eating ‘poisoned chocolates’ she received on her 54th birthday
Mother dies after eating ‘poisoned chocolates’ given to her on her 54th birthday
- Woman died in Brazil after eating chocolates left for her on ‘suspicious’ phone call
- Police have opened an investigation into the unusual circumstances of her death
A woman has died after eating ‘poisoned chocolates’ she received as a gift for her 54th birthday.
Lindaci Viegas Batista de Carvalho collapsed in pain after trying the sweets as she left a beauty salon in Brazil on Saturday.
Her family said she received a number of threatening calls and messages before answering a “suspicious” call from a courier containing a package on May 20.
At first she refused to eat the chocolates, but after her ex-husband joked that they were a gift from him, she tried them and soon fell ill. Her sister, Lenice Batista, said her eyes rolled back and arms contracted.
Carvalho was taken to hospital in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her family believes she was poisoned and police have opened an investigation into her death.
Photo shows Lindaci Viegas Batista de Carvalho, undated. She reportedly died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after eating chocolates sent to her as a birthday present by an unknown person
Photo shows a box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers sent to Lindaci Viegas Batista de Carvalho as a birthday present, undated
Her family said she told them she feared the chocolates “could be poisoned” after receiving a series of threats on social media from a specific person, who has not been named.
“It was all very macabre, very premeditated,” said her sister.
Carvalho, suspicious of the courier’s call, asked to leave the package for her to collect from her current boyfriend’s shop in the north of the city.
Batista added that Carvalho’s son had tried the chocolates but spat them out because he said they tasted bad.
But Carvalho started eating the chocs after her former husband said they were a gift from him, according to local media.
He has since claimed he was joking and has no idea who sent them.
According to her sister, the two have a good relationship and she doesn’t consider him suspicious.
The ongoing investigation will analyze the chocolate for traces of substances that could have led to her death. Results are expected within a month.
Police are also investigating a former partner of Carvalho’s current partner.
said Batista Oh Globo: ‘We suspect that an ex of her current partner is the prime suspect.
“We have evidence that she made threats, a photo of her holding a gun with a threatening message for my sister.”
The delivery man also pleaded his innocence, saying, “When the boy came to talk to me, everything was normal, he wasn’t nervous.
“I gave birth innocently and I am innocent. I have a clear conscience. When I woke up I saw the report of a lady who died with a chocolate and I thought ‘I did this delivery’.
Carvalho was buried on May 22 in the cemetery of Catumbi.
No arrests have yet been made.
Carvalho was taken to hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where she was pronounced dead on arrival
The 54-year-old reportedly received a number of threatening calls and messages before answering a ‘suspicious’ call from a courier carrying a package on Saturday