Didn't they search the kitchen earlier? I thought investigators took samples and tested her counters and sinks etc, for safety sake? Maybe I am imagining that?Is it not a bit late to be searching her home? It’s been months since the poisoning so I wonder what they think they will find.
If she accidentally fed them foraged death caps, then lied about it. I think she could be arrested for a lesser charge.JMO I guess the dehydrator came back positive for death cap spores. But is that enough for an arrest? IOW Erin could change her story and now claim she did forage and dehydrate what she thought were edible mushrooms but lied out of fear of being blamed.
Did LE find further evidence that implicated her purposely poisoning her relatives? IMO they wouldn’t arrest her if they believed it was an accident but rather maybe bring her and her lawyer in for formal questioning. Dunno.
I’m back to wondering what one of the victims said to the EMT in the ambulance that caused them to contact police. And was Erin careless in her Internet searches? Did her kids see or hear something?
Hopefully LE will share what convinced them to arrest her. Does Australia utilize probable cause statements?
Yes, the day after retrieving the dehydrator from the tip (August 4) they also searched her home.Didn't they search the kitchen earlier? I thought investigators took samples and tested her counters and sinks etc, for safety sake? Maybe I am imagining that?
Maybe picking up the surveylance paraphernalia.Is it not a bit late to be searching her home? It’s been months since the poisoning so I wonder what they think they will find.
For those interested in further information regarding these technology detection dogs, this Age article is helpful : And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling dogsAccording to the Daily Mail, they brought in special tech detector dogs. I wonder what they are searching for.
Erin Patterson arrested over fatal mushroom lunch that killed three
Police have arrested Erin Patterson, the woman who was being investigated in connection with the poisonous mushroom meal that led to the deaths of three people in Gippsland, eastern Victoriawww.dailymail.co.uk
Detectives have also brought in specially-trained 'technology detector dogs' - that can sniff out USB memory keys and sim cards - to help scour the property.
The technology detection dogs have been supplied by Australian Federal Police who say they can find memory storage devices such as USBs, hard drives, mobile phones, storage device cards and SIM cards.
The dogs are considered to be the most elite of all sniffer dogs and capable of sensing the microns-thin coating that protects computer circuit boards.
IMO, EP's lawyers really did her a disservice by allowing her to put out that written statement where she claimed she only bought mushrooms at the market.JMO I guess the dehydrator came back positive for death cap spores. But is that enough for an arrest? IOW Erin could change her story and now claim she did forage and dehydrate what she thought were edible mushrooms but lied out of fear of being blamed.
Did LE find further evidence that implicated her purposely poisoning her relatives? IMO they wouldn’t arrest her if they believed it was an accident but rather maybe bring her and her lawyer in for formal questioning. Dunno.
I’m back to wondering what one of the victims said to the EMT in the ambulance that caused them to contact police. And was Erin careless in her Internet searches? Did her kids see or hear something?
Hopefully LE will share what convinced them to arrest her. Does Australia utilize probable cause statements?
I have never heard of technology detector dogs before, have you? What role do they play?*Oh my. I’m so surprised. I was not expecting this!
“A 49-year-old Leongatha woman was arrested at her home address shortly after 8am on 2 November,” police said.
“A search warrant has been executed at the Gibson Street address, with assistance from the AFP’s [Australian federal police’s] technology detector dogs.
“The woman will now be interviewed by police and the investigation remains ongoing.”
Erin Patterson charged with murder over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths
Patterson, who has denied any wrongdoing, was arrested on Thursday over the family lunch in the rural town of Leongathawww.theguardian.com
Likely referring to conformal coating:The dogs are considered to be the most elite of all sniffer dogs and capable of sensing the microns-thin coating that protects computer circuit boards.
I tend to agree, but it has been claimed in media coverage that Erin has engaged a top legal firm, well versed in homicide cases.IMO, EP's lawyers really did her a disservice by allowing her to put out that written statement where she claimed she only bought mushrooms at the market.
Assuming it's admitted as evidence, I think a jury is going to have trouble believing that she only lied because she was under duress, since she made the statement in consultation with her attorneys several weeks after the fateful lunch.
I have never heard of technology detector dogs before, have you? What role do they play?
See my post #837.I have never heard of technology detector dogs before, have you? What role do they play?