Before three people in Brazil died eating a homemade Christmas cake believed to have been laced with arsenic, other family members noticed an off-putting flavor.

Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23, officials said.

An arrest has been made in the case of a family in Brazil who were poisoned on Christmas Eve after eating a cake containing arsenic.

At least three family members died in Brazil after consuming a homemade cake at a family gathering and three other members were hospitalised, police officials said.

A woman in Brazil fed her family an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, killing three female relatives and hospitalizing three others, cops say.

The woman who baked the cake, along with a 10-year-old child who also ate the cake, remain in the hospital and are receiving treatment for poisoning.

Investigators are working on the hypothesis that the food was poisoned and have seized the cake for forensic examination, according to CNN Brasil.

New details have emerged on how three members of the same family died after eating a poisoned Christmas cake - detectives say one ingredient was found to have been laced with arsenic

A woman has been arrested in connection with a Christmas cake that allegedly killed three people and hospitalized three others in Brazil, multiple media outlets reported.

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, a woman suspected of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill three more people has been arrested. Deise Moura allegedly added arsenic to a Christmas cake. She was detained at her home in Rio Grande do Sul.

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, a woman suspected of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill three more has been arrested. Deise Moura allegedly added arsenic to a Christmas cake. She was detained at her home in Rio Grande do Sul.