'Consistent with a Phone': Alleged Killer's Lawyer Questions Police Search
- Erin Patterson faces three murder charges for allegedly poisoning her in-laws with death cap mushrooms served at a July 29, 2023, beef Wellington lunch in Victoria.
- Prosecutors claim Patterson deliberately spiked the meal while the defense argues the poisoning was accidental and refutes intentional harm.
- Police found online records from Patterson's home computer showing a May 28, 2022, visit to a death cap mushroom sightings website and traced a $75 pub delivery order for her on that evening.
- Medical checks revealed Patterson never had cancer despite reporting symptoms and telling her family she might have ovarian cancer during the fatal lunch.
- The deaths raised questions about mushroom sourcing and Patterson’s role, with her maintaining cooperation and pleading not guilty to the murders.
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Shopping list, health chats, missing mobile: Police lay out investigation into mushroom cook
Erin Patterson’s murder trial continues in Morwell, Victoria. Patterson is on trial accused of murdering her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson by lacing a Beef Wellington with death cap mushrooms. On Wednesday, the shopping list for the fatal lunch in Leongatha was shown to the court.
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