CCTV footage shows moment woman bought Easter egg 'used to fatally poison two children'
CCTV footage allegedly shows the moment a woman accused of sending a poisoned Easter egg that resulted in the deaths of two children bought the chocolate.
A seven-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl from Maranhão, Brazil both died in hospital after an Easter egg was sent to their house and they ate it with their mother.
The chocolate had been delivered to their home last week (16 April) with the message: "With love, to Mirian Lira. Happy Easter!!!"
Lira, 32, shared the chocolate with her daughter Evelyn Silva and son Luís Fernando, and the young boy soon fell ill and was rushed to hospital where he died hours later.
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While at the hospital the mother and daughter started feeling ill, Evelyn died on 21 April while Mirian in a stable condition, and police arrested a woman named Jordélia Pereira Barbosa, an ex of Mirian's partner Rafael Silva, while she was stepping off a bus.
She'd been taking a bus to her home city of Santa Ines, with officers seizing two wigs, some chocolate, medicine and bus tickets including one confirming she travelled on the day of the crime.
The investigation had looked at CCTV footage which appeared to show the woman wearing a wig and sunglasses in a shop and buying some chocolate easter eggs.
Barbosa is alleged to have worn a wig in the shop while buying the egg
She has reportedly admitted to police that she bought Easter eggs, but denies poisoning them.
Maranhão Civil Police said in a statement: "The initial investigations point that jealousy and revenge may have been the motivation for the woman to poison chocolate and send it to her family, given that the investigated is the ex-girlfriend of the current partner of one of the victims.
"The Maranhão Civil Police arrived to the investigated after analyzing images from security cameras of Imperatriz's commercial establishment, where the suspect appears, who was wearing a wig, buying chocolate.
"In addition, the arrest was based on testimonies from witnesses and family members indicating the woman as the main suspect of committing the crime."
Naiza Santos, aunt of the seven-year-old boy who died, said that Lira had received a mysterious phone call shortly after the Easter egg was delivered to her house.
The aunt said that when the chocolate was delivered there was no indication of who had sent it, only the note to Lira.
However, not long after the chocolate arrived, Lira got a call and 'the voice was of a woman' asked her whether she'd received the delivery.
When Lira confirmed she'd received the Easter egg she asked who was calling, only to be told 'you'll find out who it is' by the voice on the phone before they hung up.
Topics: Crime, Easter, World News, Food And Drink
Joe Harker