Man, 53, arrested after wife, stepchildren & brother-in-law killed by ‘rat poison laced rice dinner’ A 53-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with the tragic deaths of his wife, stepchildren and brother-in-law after they were poisoned while having a New Year's Day meal.
Francisco Pereira was taken into custody on Wednesday morning in Parnaiba, Brazil, just a week after he allegedly contaminated the family's rice.
"He did not speak to any of his wife's children and had a specific feeling of hatred towards Francisca Maria, the children's mother.
The four victims died over seven days after eating a New Years Day rice and beans dish laced with rat poison.
Cops revealed that the suspect's chilling motivation may have been Pereira having anger towards his wife and her two children.
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