An arrest has been made in the case of a family in Brazil who were poisoned on Christmas Eve after eating a cake containing arsenic.

Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23, officials said.

A woman in Brazil fed her family an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, killing three female relatives and hospitalizing three others, cops say.

Deise Moura was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder following the deaths of three family members in Torres, Brazil, who had all eaten some of the cake

A Brazilian woman is charged with triple homicide after allegedly poisoning a Christmas cake. Three family members died and three others were hospitalized. The incident occurred during a family gathering in Torres.

A New Year's Day meal turned into a harrowing tragedy in Brazil after rat poison was discovered in the food, leading to the deaths of three family members: one-year-old Igno Davi da Silva, his 18-year-old uncle Manoel,

New details have emerged on how three members of the same family died after eating a poisoned Christmas cake - detectives say one ingredient was found to have been laced with arsenic

A woman has been arrested in connection with a Christmas cake that allegedly killed three people and hospitalized three others in Brazil, multiple media outlets reported.

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, a woman suspected of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill three more was arrested. Deise Moura added arsenic to a Christmas cake. The woman was detained at her home in Rio Grande do Sul.

The daughter-in-law of the woman who prepared a Christmas cake in Brazil that killed three people has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of triple homicide and triple attempted homicide