A one-year-old baby has tragically become the second family member to die following a horror food poisoning which left nine relatives in hospital. Police in Brazil confirmed overnight Igno Davi da Silva had lost his fight for life yesterday, a day after his teenage uncle died in an ambulance as he was rushed to hospital following a donated fish and rice New Years Day meal. It comes just over a week after a mystery Christmas cake poisoning killed three members of another Brazilian family in a separate drama.
Tragic Manoel Leandro da Silva, 17, was pictured for the first time today as relatives made funeral arrangements after authorities released his body to them. Manoel’s 32-year-old sister Francisca Maria da Silva, Igno Davi’s mum, remains in hospital in Parnaiba in the north-east Brazilian sate of Piaui. Yesterday it emerged Francisca had lost two children to food poisoning last year.
Ulisses Gabriel da Silva, eight, died in November after nearly three months in hospital. His brother Joao Miguel da Silva, seven, had passed away on September 12. A neighbour named as Lucelia Maria da Conceicao Silva, 52, was accused of giving them nuts laced with insecticide for allegedly taking fruit from a tree in her back yard and charged with double homicide. She is currently believed to be in prison as part of her pre-trial custody arrangements.
Overnight police said they believed the latest poisoning victims could have consumed food containing pesticides.They were due to question a couple who donated fish and rice to the family - but insisted the pair had contacted police themselves after learning about Manoel’s death and had donated more fish to other locals as part of their “charitable work” who hadn’t suffered any problems.
