A woman has died after eating 'poisonous chocolates' she received as a present for her 54th birthday.
Lindaci Viegas Batista collapsed in agony after trying sweets while leaving a beauty salon in Brazil. Her family said she had received a number of threatening phone calls and texts before answering a 'suspicious' phone call from a courier with a gift 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 it proved fatal... Her sister, Lenice Batista, said her eyes rolled back. and the wings shrank. Carvalho was taken to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where he died immediately. Her family believe she was poisoned and police have launched an investigation into her death.
Her family said she had told them she feared the chocolates 'might poison her' after receiving a series of anonymous threats on social media. "It was all very macabre, very premeditated," said her sister. Also, the deceased's sister added that Carvalho's son had tried the chocolates, but spat them out, saying they tasted bad...
The results are expected within a month but the ex-partner is the main suspect.