Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a suspected poisoning in Brazil, a police chief has told local media. The highly toxic substance was also identified in the blood test results of a 10-year-old boy and the woman who made the cake - both of whom are still in hospital.

A homicide investigation has been launched into the deaths of three family members after they ate a Christmas cake - believed to have been laced with arsen

At least three members of a family have died, and three others have been hospitalized, after eating a traditional Christmas cake in Brazil this week. Police are now investigating the death of the baker’s husband only months earlier from food poisoning.

Three family members have died after eating a traditional Christmas cake reportedly containing arsenic at a festive gathering in Brazil. Police are now investigating the deaths and plan to exhume the body of the cake maker's husband,