July 2, 2025

How to catch up on Australia's mushroom murder case

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The Crime: 
Erin Patterson prepared a lunch of beef Wellington for her estranged husband’s relatives, including his parents, at her house in the small Australian town of Leongatha in 2023. Don and Gail Patterson, Erin’s in-laws, and Heather Wilkinson, Gail’s sister, died shortly after the lunch, while Heather’s husband Ian and Erin both survived. Officials say Erin deliberately poisoned the group, using Death Cap mushrooms.

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