Erin Patterson served beef Wellington to her in-laws.
CANBERRA, Australia — The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged Thursday with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest, police said.Why up to 80 bird species are about to get new names
Patterson was also charged with four counts of attempting to murder Simon Patterson: once for the July lunch that he did not attend, and three times for earlier meals after which he became sick. Friends say that after one of those incidents, in May 2022, he was hospitalized for three weeks. Patterson served her guests beef Wellington that she had prepared. She would later tell the police she used two types of mushrooms, both purchased from grocery stores.All four went to hospitals on July 30. The sisters died on Aug. 4 and Don Patterson on Aug. 5. Ian Wilkinson was critically ill and remained in a hospital until late September.
Her two children ate the leftover beef Wellington with the mushrooms scraped off, she said. They did not become ill.
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