Brazil Christmas cake poisonings: Suspect found dead in prison cell

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A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil.

Deise Moura dos Anjos was found without vital signs during a morning check at a women’s state prison in the southern Brazilian city of Guaíba, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, CNN affiliate CNN Brasil reported Thursday, citing local police.

“Immediately, the staff provided first aid” and called the emergency medical service, “which, upon arriving at the scene, confirmed her death,” the criminal police said in a statement.

“Deise was alone in the cell. The circumstances will be…