Baker's husband to be exhumed after poisoned Christmas cake kills three women

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A woman who baked a killer Christmas cake, said to have contained arsenic and wiped out three relatives, is to have her husband exhumed as part of the police investigation.Paulo Luiz - Zeli Terezinha Silva dos Anjos' partner - died in September and his body will be dug up as part of the investigation into the deaths of Zeli's two sisters and niece.

Maida, 58, as well as Neuza, 65, and her daughter Tatiana, 43, consumed some of the festive cake Zeli baked on December 23 but fell ill and, after they died this week, traces of the toxic metal arsenic were found in their bodies.Three other relatives, including Zeli herself and a 10-year-old boy - believed to be Tatiana's son - became unwell and were also raced to hospital in Torres, a coastal city in southern Brazil.

Investigators are continuing their probe into the deaths and confirmed Zeli, who is still in hospital, has not been arrested or charged with anything.The police force's statement, given to local network Globo, said: "We opened a police investigation and we are going to exhume this man's body to check whether there was also poisoning.

We even have information that there was mayonnaise there that had expired a year ago. There were expired products in the residence.