In testimony to the Civil Police in the obtained by CNNDiego dos Anjos stated that He believed that his father, Paulo Luiz dos Anjos, had died after eating a “flood banana”that would be contaminated in Rio Grande do Sul.
Paul died in September 2024, three months before the cake case. Police points Deise dos Anjos, Diego’s wife, as responsible for the murder. She would have put poison (arsenium) in milk powder consumed by her father -in -law.
. The expert found that there was a high concentration of arsenic in the victim’s stomach, about 264 milligrams.
Diego said he went to Torres alone, as soon as he learned that his father was hospitalized. “Who thought sometimes that anyone who could have caused death would be the declarant himself (himself) by virtue of the bananas of the flood that were in the house,” is in the report.
He also said that his wife never encouraged to discover the real cause of Paul’s death.
Also in testimony, the mother -in -law, Zeli dos Anjos, said that Diego and Deise made a “round and back” (from canoes to their house) and among other foods they brought, were “bananas of the flood” and milk powder in a pot of tupperware without being sealed.
Zeli stated that “Paul said he took the tupperware pot powder, and that after breakfast, around an hour, he started to get sick, vomiting a lot.
The mother -in -law said that “without a doubt” the milk powder brought from canoes was “poisoned by Deise.”
“At the time of Paul’s death, he believed that the cause had been the ‘banana of flood’, as many people claimed this, and Paul became better known in Mathias Velho as ‘the man who died for the bananas of the flood’, and among The people who spoke this, Deise was one of them, ”is in his mother -in -law’s testimony.
Emotional instability
Diego dos Anjos also revealed in the testimony of his wife’s emotional instability, pointed out by the investigators as responsible for placing arsenic in the flour used by mother -in -law, Zeli dos Anjos, in the preparation of the kings’ cake that caused the death of three people in Torres, Rio Grande do South.
“Deise has always been quarrelsome, constantly annoying with small situations with other people,” her husband told police.
Diego told the police.
Photos – See who is who in the case
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Deise Moura dos Anjos is the main suspicion of poisoning. Zeli’s daughter -in -law, she is accused of poisoning the cake that killed three people and left two other hospitalized • Social media
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Zeli dos Anjos is Deise’s mother -in -law and responsible for preparing the poisoned cake. She was hospitalized in a stable state in the ICU of Senhora dos Navegantes Hospital and was discharged on January 10. Zeli was also the victim of an attempted poisoning by Deise, as well as two of her sisters. Police believe she was the main target • Social media
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Neuza Denize Silva dos Anjos, 65, was Zeli’s sister. She was one of the fatal victims of the family tragedy. For the investigators, she also had disagreements with Deise, due to the antipathy of suspicion with her daughter, Tatiana Denize • Social media
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Tatiana Denize appears as one of the examples that most symbolize the banality of the motivations of suspicion. Denize decided to marry a church, whose desire to hold the marriage ceremony was Deise. The fact that the cousin chooses the same place, and doing it before it, would never have been accepted • Social media
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Matheus, 10, was one of the victims of arsenic cake poisoning. Son of one of the victims, the child survived and was the first person released from the Navegantes Hospital. Police believe he was not one of Deise’s targets, but was poisoned for consuming the cake • Social media
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Maida Berenice Flores da Silva, 59, was Zeli’s sister and consumed the cake at the afternoon cafe that intoxicated the family. For now, there is no information on what its disagreements would be with Deise • Social media
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Paulo Luiz dos Anjos was Deise’s father -in -law, and died in September 2024 for an alleged intestinal infection. Police exumed his body and found Arsenius, confirming that he was also poisoned, possibly through milk powder delivered by Deise • Social media
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Diego Silva dos Anjos is the son of Zeli dos Anjos and Paulo Luiz, who died in September 2024. He has been married to Deise for over 20 years. The Civil Police, in a press conference, has for now ruled out the possibility of their involvement in the poisoning.
The husband still. “Deise wanted Zeli to spend Christmas with them (she, husband and son), and the mother -in -law wanted to spend the date with her sisters,” says in the statement.
According to the report, Diego left the house and went to his mother’s residence in Canoas, returning only on November 25 to Nova Santa Rita. “In this disagreement, in fact, he held Deise in his arms, because he was throwing his clothes in the deponent,” he says.
Diego, however, said in the statement that he does not believe that his wife poisoned the flour.
Diego, Deise and the son live in Nova Santa Rita. The mother -in -law has homes in Canoas and Arroio do Sal. The Christmas where the tragedy occurred was at Maida’s apartment (Zeli’s sister) in Torres.
In addition to Maida, another sister of Zeli, Neuza, died at dawn on December 24 after eating the cake with arsenic. Tatiana, niece, died after being hospitalized on the 25th.
The nephew, Matheus, and the mother-in-law, Zeli, were hospitalized and discharged later.
Preparo to were
Also in testimony, .
Of the ingredients he had at home, Zeli stated in the statement that “he used the flour that was under the sink, black pass and crystallized fruits.” The mother -in -law also stated that she “forgot to put yeast on the cake.”
The icing of the cake “was made with the sugar it had at home.” During the preparation, she stated that “she did not try the cake pasta, nor did she feel different odor.
However, Zeli said he “found the flour strange.” The mother -in -law says that she “fell sinned”, but thought that flour was of poor quality because she was donation and an unknown brand – the donation refers to help to flood victims in RS.
Deise prey
The accused was arrested on January 5.
“Deise remains collected with temporary arrest, the investigation follows, and according to court decision, there is still steps to be carried out for the elucidation of the facts in the investigation,” said the defense.
