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Erin Patterson Guilty of Murdering Three Relatives with Death Cap Mushrooms

  • Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives by serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.
  • The jury rejected Patterson's defense that the presence of the poisonous fungi was an accident caused by mistaken inclusion of foraged mushrooms.
  • Patterson faces life in prison for murdering her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, and for attempting to murder Ian Wilkinson.
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An Australian woman has been found guilty of three murders in a trial for deadly fungal poisoning at a family dinner.

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Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three relatives with a meal of baked mushrooms at a Beef Wellington luncheon, was convicted of three counts of murder and attempted murder of the sole survivor. A 12-member jury came to the verdict after six days of deliberation that followed the 10-week trial in Morwell, a small city an hour drive from the suburban dining room in Leongatha, Victoria, where the lethal lunch was served in Ju…

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In Australia, a woman poisoned her relatives with poisonous mushrooms in the Beef Wellington, only one member survived. A jury found her guilty.

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Sky News Australia broke the news in Australia on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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