A Pilates instructor died in agony after allegedly being poisoned by her mother-in-law cheating husband and after she discovered his affair.
Larissa Talle Leoncio Rodrigues, 37, had just learnt of her husband’s infidelity when she died on March 22 in the Jardim Botânico neighbourhood of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Her partner, doctor Luiz Antonio Garnica, and his mother, Elizabete Arrabaça, were both arrested on suspicion of causing death by poisoning on Tuesday.
Rodrigues was reportedly planning on divorcing Garnica after finding out about his lover, but died at the couple’s apartments after being slipped a lethal dose of a powerful pesticide by her mother-in-law, say police.
Civil Police explained the toxicology report on Rodrigues’ body indicated poisoning by the deadly substance commonly known as chumbinho.
When the instructor’s body was discovered, cops said Garnica’s behaviour caught their attention.
‘His involvement was quite evident to us by the way he found Larissa, she was already in rigor mortis. And he tried to clean the apartment as if he was trying to destroy the evidence for the technical expertise,’ said Detective Fernando Bravo, head of the investigation.
According to the police report, on March 22, Garnica claimed that he arrived home and called out to his wife who did not respond.
Larissa Talle Leoncio Rodrigues, 37, had just learnt of her husband’s infidelity when she died on March 22 in the Jardim Botânico neighbourhood of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Doctor Luiz Antonio Garnica poses with his mother, undated. He was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the death of his wife in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Civil Police explained the toxicology report on Rodrigues’ body indicated poisoning by the deadly substance commonly known as chumbinho
He said that after searching for her in several rooms in the couple’s home, he finally found her on the bathroom floor unconscious.
Garnica claimed that as he is a surgeon, he picked Rodrigues off the floor before carrying her to the couple’s bed to carry out urgent emergency procedures. But when these proved unsuccessful, he then called the emergency services.
Upon the medics’ arrival, they confirmed the instructor’s death at the scene and case was registered as a suspicious death.
Reports were immediately requested from the Legal Medical Institute and the Criminalistics Institute to determine the cause of death.
The results of the first examination of Rodrigues’ body reportedly came back inconclusive and indicated she had lesions in her lungs and heart, as well as ‘foam mushroom’ – a medical term for froth that commonly appears around the nostrils and mouth of drowning victims.
On Tuesday, the Civil Police served temporary arrest warrants against the doctor and his mother after the toxicology report indicated traces of lead in Rodrigues’ system.
According to Bravo, Arrabaça was the last person to see Larissa alive the day before she died. The investigation also revealed that the woman called a friend to ask about the lead shot.
According to the police report, on March 22, Garnica claimed that he arrived home and called out to his wife who did not respond
On Tuesday, the Civil Police served temporary arrest warrants against the doctor and his mother after the toxicology report indicated traces of lead in Rodrigues’ system
Garnica claimed that as he is a surgeon, he picked Rodrigues off the floor before carrying her to the couple’s bed to carry out urgent emergency procedures. But when these proved unsuccessful, he then called the emergency services
According to Bravo, last week when the search and seizure warrant was served against the husband’s secret partner, she was located in the apartment where the doctor lived with his wife. Pictured: Antonio and Rodrigues
‘She even called a friend who is a farmer to find out if she had this substance on her farm. When her friend said no, she asked for a recommendation of where to buy it, but none were provided or recommended,’ he said, as per G1 Globo.
‘Yesterday we managed to find a witness who reported that the mother-in-law was looking for lead to buy, approximately 15 days before the death, so this gave us certainty that she, together with her son, killed Larissa,’ he added.
Police are looking now investigating how Arrabaça obtained the lethal substance and the motives behind the alleged crimes. According to the police report, there are indications that Rodrigues was poisoned for days.
‘There are indications that they were administered throughout the week, especially because the victim arrived and told friends that every time her mother-in-law left the house she would get sick, with diarrhea,’ Bravo said.
‘She had some symptoms, which today we realise, were already indicating poisoning,’ says the detective’.
Antonio’s lover is also being investigated in the case and her mobile phone was seized by Civil Police, as well as the mother-in-law and husband’s devices.
According to Bravo, last week when the search and seizure warrant was served against the husband’s secret partner, she was located in the apartment where the doctor lived with his wife, which stunned police.
‘He went to the cinema with his lover the day before [the crime], so there are indications that he was preparing an alibi,’ Bravo concluded.
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