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

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.

The image shows Deise Moura with her now seriously ill mother-in-law Zeli Dos Anjos, with their husbands and a child, in front of a Christmas cake identical to the one made for this year

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.

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.

Deise Moura dos Anjos released a statement via her lawyers stating there was a "causal link between the poison and Deise" but questioning how arsenic ended up at her home in Brazil

The daughter-in-law of the woman who prepared a Christmas cake in Brazil that killed three people has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of triple homicide and triple attempted homicide

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

A woman accused of murder through a poisoned Christmas cake has spoken out for the first time. Three women died in Brazil after eating a traditional homemade 'Bolo de Natal' Christmas cake prepared by 61-year-old Zeli Terezinha Silva dos Anjos as they celebrated the festive season together.

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.