A seven-year-old boy died Thursday after eating a chocolate-covered Easter egg that was allegedly poisoned, Brazilian authorities said.
Luis Silva’s sister, Evelyn Silva, 13, and mother, Miriam Lira, 36, also fell ill after eating from the same treat and were rushed to Imperatriz Municipal Hospital, where they remain intubated.
Luis’ father, Rafael Silva, told the Maranhão Civil Police that the gifted holiday treat was delivered to their home in the town of Imperatriz by a courier on Wednesday night.
The eggs were placed in a plastic tray accompanied by a note in Portuguese that read, ‘With love, to Miriam Lira. Happy Easter!!’
Luis became unresponsive after eating the candy and was administered CPR by his father before paramedics arrived and rushed him to the hospital.
He went into cardiac arrest, was revived after an hour and a half before he died at 4am, Imperatriz Municipal Hospital manager Dirceu Castro, told Brazilian news outlet G1.
Luis’ aunt, Naiza Santos, told the outlet that he initially complained to his mother that he was feeling ‘weak’ but she did not take him seriously.
‘She said she thought it was a joke and didn’t take it seriously,’ Santos said. ‘But then she looked at him and saw that he was already fainting. That’s when she ran to her mother’s house asking for help.’
Seven-year-old Luis Silva died during the early hours of Thursday after eating what police suspected was a poisoned Easter chocolate egg at the family home in Imperatriz, Brazil. His 13-year-old sister Evelyn Silva, and their mother, Miriam Lira, 36, had to be hospitalized and intubated after falling sick from eating the same treat.
The Easter chocolate eggs were dropped off by a courier moments Wednesday night moments before an unknown woman called to ask if the family had received the treat
Santos thought Luis was choking and tried to save his life by placing her finger down his throat before he threw up a yellow discharge.
Santos revealed that Lira received a call from an unknown woman after the Easter treats were delivered.
‘When the egg arrived, there was no identification of who had sent it, just the note and they didn’t say who it was from,’ Santos said.
‘She [Miriam] only received the call, the voice was of a woman, asking if she had received [the Easter egg]. She said, ‘Yes I did, who is it?’.
Santos said that the woman told Lira, ‘You’ll find out who it is,’ and hung up the phone without saying anything else.
Luis Silva fell sick at home after eating chocolate-covered Easter egg Wednesday night at his home in Imperatriz, Brazil and had to be rushed to the hospital, where he went into cardiac arrest and was revived before he died at 4am Thursday
The Easter treat was accompanied with a note that read, ‘With Love for Mirian Lira. Happy Easter!!’
Lira’s conditioned worsened while she was waiting on her son.
‘She was fainting and we thought it was because her son was being intubated,’ Santos said. ‘And her hands started to get hard and purple and she had a lot of difficulty breathing.’
Left over samples of the Easter eggs were removed from the home and submitted for testing at the Imperatriz Criminalistics Institute.
DailyMail.com reached out to the Maranhão Civil Police for comment.
