Horror as mum dies after fortune-teller gives her poisoned sweets
Cops in Brazil have been hunting a mysterious fortune-teller after she gave the mother of a young child poisoned sweets who later died in the hospital.
Police in the city of Maceio, Brazil, say the family of Fernanda Silva Valoz da Cruz Pinto claim she had been given the sweets that poisoned her at the start of August before she died a day later. Brazil's National Institute of Criminalistics reportedly found large amounts of highly toxic pesticide residues in samples collected from her eyes, blood, stomach, and urine during Fernanda's autopsy.
Head of the Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory that analysed her samples, Thalmanny Goulart, said: "Unfortunately, another case involving poisoning by the substances sulfotep and terbufos. These substances are highly prevalent in cases of poisoning, [and] intoxication in Brazil due to their easy access, despite being regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply."
Family of Fernanda said she had been given the sweets that poisoned her (Newsflash)
Fernanda Valoz died after eating poisoned sweets (Newsflash)The young mum of a nine-year-old daughter was brought to the Santa Casa de Misericordia hospital after she ate the sweets on 3rd August. She reportedly suffered from severe stomach pain, vomiting, and was bleeding from her nose at the time she was admitted.
Her cousin Lumenita Valoz, said that she developed the symptoms just hours after she ate the sweets, and said: "It was on the 3rd that she ate the candy. She passed away in the early hours of 4th August. She was alone. She didn't mention the location."
Civil Police registered her case as 'a death to be clarified', and are awaiting the forensic results so that they can confirm homicide speculations. The Capital Homicide Police Station said they would investigate her death. No motive has been given for the poisoning as of yet.
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