
Woman killed by chocolate from palm reader who said she was going to die soon: reports
Investigators are baffled over the case of a Brazilian woman who died after eating a piece of chocolate that was given to her by a palm reader who said she didn’t have long to live.

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Woman killed by chocolate from palm reader who said she was going to die soon: reports
By Ben CostPublished Oct. 2, 2023, 11:05 a.m. ET

Investigators are baffled over the case of a woman who died after eating chocolate she got from a palm reader who said she didn’t have long to live.
“She vomited, her vision was a bit blurred, her body was soft… it was a matter of hours,” the victim’s bereaved cousin Bianca Cristina told Globo 1 of her untimely passing.The tragedy occurred on August 3 while Fernanda Silva Valoz da Cruz Pinto, 27, was walking through the city center of Maceió, Brazil — a mecca for fortune tellers, Jam Press reported.
The mother of one was reportedly stopped by an elderly woman who asked to read her palm.
Pinto accepted, whereupon the street seer told the young woman that she had only “a few days to live.”
The soothsayer then gave Pinto a piece of chocolate as a parting gift. “As [the candy] was packaged, it didn’t occur to her [that it could pose any danger],” cousin Cristina told local media. “And as she was hungry, she decided to eat it.”
Hours after eating it, Pinto started to feel seriously ill, experiencing symptoms ranging from vomiting to dizziness and blurry vision.
She reportedly described her condition in text messages sent to her family shortly after consuming the sweet.
“My heart is racing. I’ve thrown up. But I have this taste in my mouth,” Pinto described. “So bitter. Bad. My vision is blurry. I’m so weak.”
She continued, “I leant on the water tank. I almost fell. I almost met God. I don’t know why I’m like this, sis. I’ve been feeling bad all day.”
Due to the patient’s preexisting conditions, including gastritis and an ulcer, the family didn’t initially suspect foul play but grew suspicious after Pinto mentioned her encounter with the apparently clairvoyant woman.
The woman was subsequently accompanied by her cousin to the Santa Casa de Misericordia hospital whereupon her nose started bleeding upon arrival.
Despite doctors’ best efforts, the patient passed away the next day on August 4.