Second family murder probe hits Brazil in a week as rat poison found in New Year’s meal that killed 3 including toddler A SECOND murder probe has hit Brazil in a week as rat poison was found in a New Year's Day meal - killing three members of the same family and leaving six others in hospital.
Francisca Maria lost two older children in the space of just two months last year - eight-year-old Ulisses Gabriel da Silva and his seven-year-old brother Joao Miguel da Silva.
The rat poison rice has so far claimed the lives of one-year-old tot, Igno Davi da Silva, three-year-old Luana da Silva, and their uncle Manoel, 18.
Maria dos Aflitos da Silva, the mum of deceased 18-year-old Manoel, said she believed someone with criminal intent broke into the family home before deliberately poisoning the meal.
Police chief Abimael Silva told the programme: "Someone put the substance in the rice on the first day.
-CREDIT.JPG?trim=108,0,108,0&quality=75&auto=webp&width=1000)
