FULL TEXT: A 34-year-old woman was arrested on Monday [Jun.
11] afternoon in Itabuna, southern Bahia, suspected of killing two poisoned
boyfriends over a period of eight months. The information is from the Civil
Police.
According to police, Wane Brenda Oliveira used chumbinho to
kill her partners as soon as she discovered that they intended to end their
relationship with her. Investigations indicate that the victims dated Wane in
2017.
In both cases, Wane Brenda rescued the victims to a health
facility after the poison took effect, but then both died.
Police said the first to be killed was Edvaldo Araújo Alves,
40, who dated the suspect for a year. On April 16, 2017, Edvaldo fell ill at
his girlfriend's house and was rescued by her to the Itabuna Base Hospital,
where he died. At the time of the crime, the death was attributed to a massive
heart attack.
According to Chief Magda Figueiredo, head of the Itabuna
Homicide Police (DH) and responsible for the investigations, Wane's version did
not convince the victim's family who claimed to be aware that he was
dissatisfied with the relationship.
Police did not detail the exact period, but said that months
after Edvaldo's death, Wane Brenda was in a new relationship with 40-year-old
Evandro Bonfim de Souza.
Edvaldo felt bad after taking a medicine given by his
girlfriend. He was also taken by the suspect to a hospital, where the attending
physician reported that the symptoms presented to him resembled them from lead
poisoning.
During the hospitalization, which lasted about nine days,
Brenda accompanied Evandro in the health unit and when he was due to be
discharged, he had a cardiac arrest. Upon undergoing a stomach wash doctors
found traces of a poison-like substance. According to police, Evandro's health
deteriorated and on December 3 his brain death was noted.
The Civil Police opened an inquiry to investigate the
circumstances of the deaths of Edvaldo and Evandro. After the Itabuna
Department of Technical Police (DPT) took samples of the bodies of the victims,
it was proved from the material analyzed that the men were poisoned.
Wane Brenda is trapped in Itabuna at the disposal of the
courts. No details on the content of her statement.
[Woman Arrested In Southern Bahia Suspected Of Killing Two
Poisoned Boyfriends In Eight Months,” (“Mulher É Presa No Sul Da Bahia Suspeita
De Matar Dois Namorados Envenenados Em Período De Oito Meses”), Mural Do
Oesste, Jun. 12, 2018]
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"Chumbinho" is a popular name of a granular
pesticide registered for agriculture use, which has been illegally commercialized
as a household rodenticide in Brazil and is responsible for many poisonings
cases, specially related to adults in suicide attempts. Carbamates and
organophosphates, both cholinesterase inhibitor insecticides, are the main
constituents of this product, specially aldicarb, carbofuran and phorate. By
toxicological point of view, there are small variations in clinical
presentation, but significant differences in treatment of these insecticides,
that is extremely concerning, mainly in terms of incidental cases, where the
differentiation of carbamate from organophosphorate poisoning is impractical.
It becomes a real challenge in the case of "chumbinho" because, most
of the time, the active ingredient in the formulation is not known. The purpose
of this study was to realize an actual and critical approach about the
clandestine use of "chumbinho", including description of
epidemiological data, clinical diagnosis aspects and types of treatment
considered suitable in these poisonings.
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CHRONOLOGY
April 16, 2017 – Edvaldo Araújo Alves (40), murdered.
2017 – Evandro Bonfim de Souza (40),
murdered.
Jun. 11, 2018 – arrested.
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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.
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