Australian Woman Who Served In-Laws Poison Mushrooms Charged With Murder!
03.11.2023 - 01:09
/ perezhilton.com
There’s a major development in the case of the Australian woman Erin Patterson, who fatally poisoned her former in-laws earlier this year!
According to a statement from the Victoria Police, law enforcement arrested a 49-year-old woman on Thursday in connection to the deaths of Gail Patterson, Don Patterson, and Heather Wilkinson. Multiple outlets, including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Associated Press, confirmed police took Erin into custody following a search of her home in Leongatha, Australia. She was then charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
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For those who haven’t kept up with the poisoning case, here’s a quick refresher: the charges against Erin stem from when she invited her former mother and father-in-law, Gail and Don, along with Gail’s sister Heather and her husband Ian Wilkinson, over for lunch at her home on July 29. She made and served all of them Beef Wellington pie for the get-together. But mysteriously, all four guests soon became ill and were hospitalized following the meal.
Don, Gail, and Heather died within hours, making Ian the sole survivor of the lunch. He was released from the hospital in September. What killed the three victims? Authorities previously said they all died from suspected mushroom poisoning after they consumed Amanita phalloides — otherwise known as “death cap mushrooms.”
Erin quickly became the number one suspect for investigators since she cooked the deadly dish. Not only did she make the meal, but she and her children, who were all there, showed no symptoms following the meal. And this, of course, made to police very suspicious. Erin claims she did eat