In another chapter of the poisoned cake case in Torres (RS). The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul (PCRS) revealed in a press conference, this Friday (10), that Deise Moura dos Anjos, suspected of poisoning her husband’s family with arsenic, tried to cremate the body of her father-in-law, Paulo Luiz dos Anjos, to hide the presence of arsenic .
Paulo Luiz died in September 2024, three months before the cake incident, and the cause of death was initially attributed to food poisoning. However, the investigation revealed that Deise unsuccessfully tried to cremate her father-in-law’s body, which corroborates the accusations made in the police investigation. .
According to the police, the cremation was prevented due to the lack of a doctor’s signature, necessary to authorize the procedure. After exhuming the body, forensic experts confirmed the presence of arsenic in high concentration in Paulo Luiz’s stomach, confirming that he was also a victim of poisoning.
Accused in the poisoned cake case previously killed her father-in-law with arsenic in powdered milk, police say
Engineered crime and investigations
Police believe the attempted cremation was a way for Deise to destroy evidence and ensure the poisoning was not discovered. . The investigation shows that she meticulously planned and executed the crimes, researching, purchasing and administering the poison, in addition to manipulating the family to cover her tracks.
During the press conference, the PCRS revealed that in the examination carried out on the accused’s cell phone, messages between Deise and Zeli, after Paulo Luiz’s death, show that the daughter-in-law put psychological pressure on Zeli not to seek to clarify the causes of her husband’s death. In a message, Deise wrote “I think we shouldn’t look for someone to blame for what isn’t there.”
Deise has been in pre-trial detention since January 5th, accused of triple double homicide and double attempted homicide . She is suspected of having poisoned a cake that killed three women and left two other people, including her mother-in-law, Zeli dos Anjos.
The police are now investigating the possibility that Deise had other victims, in addition to her father-in-law and the people who ate the cake. The delegate responsible for the case, Marcos Veloso, stated that All cases of poisoning in Deise’s community will be investigated .
This content was originally published in Poisoned cake: accused tried to cremate her father-in-law’s body to hide traces of the crime on the CNN Brasil website.
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