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.

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. On Sunday, police arrested Deise Moura dos Anjos,

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.

Tragedy struck the Zeli Dos Anjos family in Brazil when they tucked into a traditional homemade Christmas cake - now believed to have been poisoned after three family members died

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

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