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Erin Patterson Guilty of Murdering Three Relatives with Death Cap Mushrooms

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, JUL 7 – Erin Patterson was found guilty after a 10-week trial for poisoning three relatives with death cap mushrooms, with one survivor hospitalized for two months, prosecutors said.

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