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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. The tragedy occurred on August 3 while Fernanda Silva Valoz da Cruz Pinto was walking through the city center of Maceió, Brazil – an area known for fortune tellers. The woman was reportedly stopped by an elderly woman who asked to read her palm. Pinto accepted, whereupon the woman told her that she had only “a few days to live.” The palm reader 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],” her cousintold local media. “And as she was hungry, she decided to eat it.” It wasn’t until two months later that her cause of death was confirmed. Toxicology reports revealed that the deceased’s body had harbored high concentrations of the pesticides sulfotep and terbufos. Unfortunately, the examination did not confirm that the candy was the source of Pinto’s poisoning, according to reports. Nonetheless, the family reported the palm reader to authorities, who are still trying to identify the suspect.