This is the bizarre moment a woman who allegedly sent a poisoned Easter egg to an ex’s new family wore a disguise to buy the chocolate, according to police. Jordélia Pereira Barbosa, 35, has been arrested after she was accused of sending the spiked chocolate to a family in Santa Ines, northern Brazil.
And now new shocking CCTV has emerged of Barbosa, wearing a wig and sunglasses, in a shop purchasing the chocolate which allegedly killed seven-year-old Luís Fernando Rocha Silva in the early hours of Thursday morning. His mum Mirian Lira, 32, and sister Evelyn Fernanda, 13, are still in hospital after consuming the chocolate given to her by Barbosa, according to authorities.
The unsuspecting family were delivered the Easter egg by a motorcycle courier on Wednesday night. A message from a secret sender was left with the egg, which said: “With love, to Mirian Lira. Happy Easter.”
Mirian reportedly also received a mystery call from an anonymous person – who did not respond when the mum-of-two asked who was on the other end – later that night, asking if she had been sent the Easter egg.
The mother’s sister, Naiza, said: “The woman on the phone said ‘you’ll find out who it is’. And she hung up and didn’t say anything.”
Her seven-year-old son was the first to start feeling unwell and was rushed to a local hospital, according to Globo. Luís died several hours after and his mum only started showing worrying symptoms while at the hospital for her son.
Her hands reportedly started to turn purple and she was struggling to breathe – before being desperately admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit. Evelyn quickly followed and was admitted into the emergency unit with the same symptoms as her mum.
The mother and daughter are reportedly fighting for their lives at the Municipal Hospital of Imperatriz. Police have launched an investigation into the shocking case and revealed samples of the killer egg were rushed away for analysis at the Imperatriz Criminalistics Institute.
The Maranhão Civil Police said Barbosa had previously dated Mirian’s former husband and father of her two children, Rafael Silva.
It comes just after Maida Bernice Flores da Silva, 58, Neuza Denize Silva dos Anjos, 65 and Tatiana Silvia dos Santos, 43 all died in December after biting into a homemade fruitcake. Their relative Deise Moura dos Anjos, 42, was arrested in January on suspicion of triple murder and triple attempted murder – and was accused of poisoning the flour used to make the sweet treat.
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