Erin Patterson, 49, of Leongatha, Australia, has been charged with killing her ex-husband's parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms at a family lunch.
The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged Thursday with murdering her ex-husband's parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest, police said.
Patterson has publicly denied any wrongdoing. 'I’m devastated. I loved them. I can’t believe that this has happened. and I’m so sorry,' she tearfully told reporters two days after the third death. Patterson was also charged with three counts of attempting to murder her ex-husband, Simon Patterson, 48, who became ill after eating three meals in 2021 and 2022, a police statement said. He did not attend the July lunch.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that Patterson wrote in a statement that she cooked a beef Wellington steak dish for the lunch using and used mushrooms bought from a major supermarket chain and dried mushrooms from an Asian grocery store. She wrote that she also ate the meal and later had stomach pains and diarrhea. Ian Wilkinson, a Baptist pastor, was released from a hospital in late September and police say he continues to recover.
Bail requests for defendants charged with murder are usually referred to a higher court.
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