Investigators are baffled by the case of a woman who died after eating chocolate she received from a palm reader who said she would not live long.
“She vomited, her vision was a little blurry, her body was soft… it was a matter of hours,” said Bianca Christina, the victim’s bereaved cousin. Globo 1 For her sudden departure.
The tragedy occurred on August 3 while Fernanda Silva Valoz da Cruz Pinto, 27, was walking through downtown Maceio, Brazil — a mecca for fortune tellers, Jam Press reported.
An elderly woman reportedly stopped the mother of one of the children and asked to read her palm.
Pinto agreed, whereupon the street fortune teller told the young woman that she only had “a few days to live.”
The fortune teller then gave Pinto a piece of chocolate as a parting gift. “like [the candy] It was packed, it didn’t occur to her [that it could pose any danger]Cousin Christina told local media. “And when she was hungry, she decided to eat it.”
Hours after taking it, Pinto began to feel seriously ill, with symptoms ranging from vomiting, dizziness, and blurred vision.
She reportedly described her condition in text messages she sent to her family shortly after eating the dessert.
“My heart is beating fast. I threw up. “But I have this taste in my mouth,” Pinto described. “Very bitter. bad. My vision is blurry. “I’m so weak.”
She continued: “I leaned on the water tank. I almost fell. I almost met God. I don’t know why I am like this, sister. “I’ve been feeling bad all day.”
Given the patient’s pre-existing conditions, including gastritis and ulcers, the family did not initially suspect foul play but became suspicious after Pinto mentioned her encounter with the apparently clairvoyant woman.
“Because I kissed chocolate in the middle of the city. I ate it. After that I felt sick,” the deceased wrote before her death. “At that time, it did not even occur to me. “She was an old lady.”
The woman then accompanied her cousin to the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital, where her nose began bleeding upon arrival.
Despite the efforts of doctors, the patient died the next day, August 4.
The cause of her death was not confirmed until two months later.
Toxicology reports conducted on biospecimens from the autopsy revealed that the deceased’s body contained high concentrations of the pesticides Sulfotype and Terbufos.
“These substances are widely spread in cases of poisoning. [and] “It causes poisoning in Brazil because of its easy access, despite being regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply,” said Thalmani Goulart, head of the Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory who analyzed her samples.
Unfortunately, the examination did not confirm that the candy was the source of Pinto poisoning, Globo 1 reported.
However, the family reported the palm reader to the authorities, who are still trying to identify the suspect.
Civil police have since registered her case as a “death to be clarified” and are currently awaiting forensic results so they can confirm speculation of murder.
Some authorities have theorized that a fortune teller may have been hired to kill da Cruz Pinto, but the motive remains unclear.
“I don’t see anyone having a reason to do this to her, but we don’t know what’s in anyone’s heart,” said Luminita Fallows, the victim’s other cousin. “Whether someone ordered her murder or if the woman did it because she wanted to, only the police will know.”
Pinto leaves behind a 9-year-old daughter with special needs.
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