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Erin Patterson convicted for murder of husband’s family with deadly mushrooms
Australian woman Erin Patterson was convicted Monday of murdering her estranged husband’s family by poisoning them with death cap mushrooms. Patterson, 50, faces up to life in prison for the deaths of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson following a meal at her home in Leongatha in July 2023.
See the evidence used to convict Erin Patterson in the mushroom murder trial
The jury in Erin Patterson's trial sat through weeks of evidence before convicting her of murder. On Monday, Patterson was found guilty of the murders of her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. She was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather's husband Ian.
Paterson's in-laws died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington she prepared - it was later found to contain toxic mushrooms.
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Pictures of the deadly meal Erin Patterson used to kill three members of her husband’s family have been released by ...
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