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Italian Christmas Meal Deaths Trigger Probe Into Suspected Poisoning, Hospital Care

Investigators are testing meal ingredients plus other household sources to identify the toxin behind the rapid fatalities.

Overview

  • Police seized food from the Pietracatella home as labs in Molise and Rome analyze seafood and mushrooms, including tests for Amanita phalloides.
  • Authorities are examining a possible scenario of flour contaminated by rodenticide after recent pest control at the father's mill, according to Italian media.
  • Campobasso prosecutors have opened a case, placing five Cardarelli Hospital doctors under investigation for possible manslaughter tied to earlier discharges.
  • Autopsies with toxicology are scheduled for Wednesday to determine the cause of the acute liver failure reported by clinicians.
  • The father is in intensive care at Rome’s Spallanzani Hospital, while an 18-year-old daughter is under observation and is reported not to have eaten the meal.