Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - A 14-year-old boy reportedly d!ed after injecting himself with butterfly remains mixed with water as part of a bizarre online challenge.
Davi Nunes Moreira, 14, d!ed in a hospital
in Planalto, Brazil after his health suddenly deteriorated and
he began vomiting.
According to Mail Online, Moreira told his father at first he had hurt
himself while playing after picking up a limp. But as his condition worsened,
he told medics he went to a chemist's, mixed a dead butterfly in water, and
then injected the liquid into his leg.
It was reported that the death, possibly linked to toxins in the mix
which could have caused Davi's body to shut down as he went into septic
shock.
Police are now awaiting full post-mortem results after opening an
investigation into the claims, and whether it was part of a bizarre internet
challenge.
Davi died in a hospital in the north-east Brazilian state of Bahia last
Wednesday.
Civil Police in Vitoria da Conquista are leading the investigation into
Davi's death.
A spokesman for the force said: 'The autopsy results will help clarify
the cause of death.
'The investigation is designed to clear up what happened.'
Davi's father found the syringe his son used to inject himself under his
pillow while he was tidying up the house according to local reports.
Professor Marcelo Duarte, director of Sao Paulo University's Zoology
Museum and a butterfly specialist, said: 'Butterflies have a complex biology,
and the fluids present in their bodies have not been studied in depth in terms
of their toxicity to humans.'
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