Posted on 08/09/2023 11:52:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Australian police are seeking answers in connection to the poisoning of three people who died after eating wild mushrooms at a dinner served in Leongatha, Australia.
The three deceased victims, who fell ill after eating on July 29, have been identified as Gail Patterson, her husband, Don Patterson, and her sister Heather Wilkinson.
Heather Wilkinson's husband, the Rev. Ian Wilkinson, also was poisoned and is awaiting a liver transplant.
The victims became ill after eating dinner at the home of Erin Patterson, Gail and Don Patterson's former daughter-in-law.
Erin Patterson and her two children did not suffer serious illness after the meal.
Law enforcement is looking at how a dehydrator, which they have in their possession, may be related to the case, according to 9News.
In 2022, Simon Patterson, Erin Patterson's ex-husband, said he nearly died from stomach issues.
When asked if Erin Patterson was a suspect in the current case, Homicide Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said, "She is because she cooked those mushrooms."
Thomas also acknowledged that the deaths could be "very innocent" and that "we just don't know."
Erin Patterson has said she "didn't do anything," and that her "own children have lost their grandmother."
That’s why you don’t eat wild mushrooms.
In Australia no less where everything in that continent is trying to kill you.
Forgive me for not feeling bad about that.....
The answer is pretty simple... They ate poison mushrooms. Doh!
An ex-expert.
“Erin Patterson and her two children did not suffer serious illness after the meal”
Does seem like cause for suspicion at least if the person who served up the poison shrooms (and presumably picked them) apparently did not eat any herself, and kept her children from doing so as well.
It’s a tough accreditation process ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think spore parenting is to blame.
Sounds like amanita poisoning. It seems that they are now common in Australia. https://www.9news.com.au/national/toxic-red-amanita-muscaria-mushrooms-are-no-fairytale-expert-warns-as-fungi-thrive-in-the-wet/f791cd82-dd5c-494c-bb1c-d7704c72b00a
It’s like EOD Certification.
You only get to make ONE MISTAKE....................
The daughter-in-law....................
Australian police are seeking answers
Ummm...they were not the shroons you were looking for?
All mushrooms are edible....some only once.
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Probably spoiled by too many luxury getaways in the Sporades.
“former daughter-in-law”... looks like the son divorced her after he almost died from “stomach issues” a few years back.
But I bet the grandkids were still in the will... and if they inherit while they are still minors, I wonder who would get control of those funds???
heh heh
amanita muscaria would be toxic but usually not deadly, plus cooking makes them non toxic, there are other variates of amanita (not muscaria) that are very much deadly to ingest.
I was watching my daughters pup a couple years ago and he started eating some of the Shrooms in our yard that popped up after several rainy days. I tried to take them away from him but he would try to bite when I did. He died after three days of agony from liver shutdown.
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Henny Yougnman joke not allowed?
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