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Timeline of suspected triple-fatal mushroom poisoning

Erin Patterson was arrested over a suspected mushroom poisoning incident that left three people dead and another ill following a three month investigation.

AAP · Nov 2, 2023

Woman charged with murder over mushroom deaths

Victorian woman Erin Patterson has been charged with murder over a suspected mushroom poisoning that left three people dead and another seriously ill.

AAP · Nov 1, 2023

Mourners gather to remember mushroom poisoning victim

Heather Wilkinson has been remembered at a public memorial service, almost two months after she died from suspected mushroom poisoning.

AAP · Oct 4, 2023

A mushroom cook and her killer family lunch that left three dead: The mysterious case gripping Australia

A bizarre case has enthralled people all across the globe – involving mushroom poisoning, a series of deaths, a tearful interview and now reports of a past mystery illness. Tara Cobham and Bevan Hurley report

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

A mushroom cook and her killer family lunch that left three dead: The mysterious case gripping Australia

A bizarre case has enthralled people all across the globe – involving mushroom poisoning, a series of deaths, a tearful interview and now reports of a past mystery illness. Tara Cobham and Bevan Hurley report

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Victorian woman at centre of suspected mushroom poisoning says she also went to hospital after eating meal

Erin Patterson tells police she bought the fungi from a supermarket chain and an Asian grocery store

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2023

The mushroom poisoning mystery confounding Australia

A police investigation has been launched in the Australian state of Victoria after a family lunch led to the death of three people from suspected mushroom poisoning in a case that has gripped the nation.

The Week · Aug 10, 2023

Victoria suspected mushroom poisoning: lunchtime dish believed to have been a beef wellington pie

Erin Patterson prepared the meal at her home in Leongatha that left diners with suspected death cap mushroom poisoning

The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2023

Mushroom mystery: family lunch leaves Australian town reeling after three deaths in suspected poisoning

As police investigate what looks like a fatal case of food poisoning in Leongatha in rural Victoria, locals recall the victims as kind and community-spirited

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

Wild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia

Australian homicide investigators are trying to determine how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after they apparently ate wild mushrooms at a family lunch

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023