Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023

[Jess M.]

Great insightful post. I'm finding it somewhat alarming that there have been many posts jumping to conclusions, assuming that EP has deliberately caused these deaths. Good to read your post Observe-don't-Absorb.
The scenarios which you mention are all entirely plausible IMO.

The reality is that we, the general public, know very little at the moment of the official facts of this case, but there has been a lot of speculation.
I can't help thinking that, if EP were entirely innocent, the situation in which she and her children find themselves would be a true nightmare, which could cause serious and lasting emotional trauma.
MOO IMO

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The police have named Erin Patterson as a suspect. I think they know more than they are saying, but are waiting for the evidence until they arrest her.

 

[JennieM]

The police have named Erin Patterson as a suspect. I think they know more than they are saying, but are waiting for the evidence until they arrest her.

Police said Erin Patterson remained a suspect in the investigation because she had cooked the meal at her home but did not become ill.

However, they warned people not to speculate about the case, because it could turn out to be “very innocent”.

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

www.theguardian.com

 

[Jess M.]

Police said Erin Patterson remained a suspect in the investigation because she had cooked the meal at her home but did not become ill.

However, they warned people not to speculate about the case, because it could turn out to be “very innocent”.

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

www.theguardian.com

It could turn out to be very innocent that a woman cooks lunch for 4 people and 3 died and one is fighting for life in hospital? On top of that, neither herself or her 2 kids ate the same meal?

 

[SMK777]

It could turn out to be very innocent that a woman cooks lunch for 4 people and 3 died and one is fighting for life in hospital? On top of that, neither herself or her 2 kids ate the same meal?

Add to that the husband’s weeks in ICU in May.
There’s a lot of coincidences.
We don’t know what law enforcement are finding.
It’s clear they’re not finding anything to rule her out.

 

[Jess M.]

I think we need to remember who the real victims are in this case.

 

[Chimera]

The police have named Erin Patterson as a suspect. I think they know more than they are saying, but are waiting for the evidence until they arrest her.

Bolding mine.
Ita.
They usually do !
Omo.

 

[RickshawFan]

Great insightful post. I'm finding it somewhat alarming that there have been many posts jumping to conclusions, assuming that EP has deliberately caused these deaths. Good to read your post Observe-don't-Absorb.
The scenarios which you mention are all entirely plausible IMO.

The reality is that we, the general public, know very little at the moment of the official facts of this case, but there has been a lot of speculation.
I can't help thinking that, if EP were entirely innocent, the situation in which she and her children find themselves would be a true nightmare, which could cause serious and lasting emotional trauma.
MOO IMO

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IMO if the case would have been resolved days ago if homicide wasn't potentially involved, with independently verifiable info, e.g. cameras in a mushroom store, interviews of the kids, etc.. The "homicide" angle is an LE position, and not one generated by media, social or otherwise, and IMO was a surprise, so well-considered.

 

[RickshawFan]

Police said Erin Patterson remained a suspect in the investigation because she had cooked the meal at her home but did not become ill.

However, they warned people not to speculate about the case, because it could turn out to be “very innocent”.

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

www.theguardian.com

IMO there would have been no category of "suspect", unless LE was highly suspicious. Everyone would just have gone with "accident".

 

[RickshawFan]

I think we need to remember who the real victims are in this case.

I agree, but I don't believe they have been forgotten by posters here.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-warnings/before-the-fatal-death-cap-mushroom-lunch-in-leongatha-the-fungi-also-killed-two-men-in-2011/news-story/f8e041a630d68f84595f8adca13bae54

Before the fatal death cap mushroom lunch in Leongatha, the fungi also killed two men in 2011​

August 13.




Paraphrasing

"Unexplained"
"Not suspicious"

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson making slow recovery​

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[TootsieFootsie]

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Mushroom deaths Victoria: Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson making slow recovery​

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[AliceInPain]

I think we need to remember who the real victims are in this case.

And who the suspect is. Not the children, whatever their age is. The WOMAN is the named suspect.

 

[AliceInPain]

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Mushroom deaths Victoria: Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson making slow recovery​

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Headline is enough for me.
He will have some answers, no matter how long it takes. I hope he recovers and gets back to his full health.

 

[LadyL]

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I think once they start digging they will find more too. She's probably been sabotaging people her entire life.

 

[Jess M.]

Promising health update for sole survivor of mushroom poisoning lunch

Dozens of parishioners gathered at Komburra Baptist Church, in Victoria's Gippsland region, at 10.30am on Sunday to pray for the four victims of the mushroom poisoning lunch.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[ChatteringBirds]

If the victims had also eaten elsewhere together, I assume that information will come out soon. I think it's unlikely, since it hasn't, and since she was named a POI.

If it turns out she did dispose of her dehydrator, that's possibly a crime in itself.

This case has many puzzle pieces and I think in time they will all fit to the same puzzle. All JMO.

 

[k-mac]

It is highly suspicious .

Keep reflecting on putting yourself in the situation.
I have an illness that involves heavy diet restriction.
I am also the wife mother cook in my family.
Even with my unique situation can't remember ever preparing a dinner that didn't include myself.
In an entertaining scenario.

Said food is proven deadly.

If she is innocent she is luckier than a powerball winner.

Because realistically she handled it....she prepared it.... she cooked it.
Who doesn't taste test for flavour??

It doesn't look very good.

moo

 

[Jess M.]

If the victims had also eaten elsewhere together, I assume that information will come out soon. I think it's unlikely, since it hasn't, and since she was named a POI.

If it turns out she did dispose of her dehydrator, that's possibly a crime in itself.

This case has many puzzle pieces and I think in time they will all fit to the same puzzle. All JMO.

Yes, there must be many venues in Leongatha that serve fatal mushrooms...

 

[Kemug]

In terms of motive, what would E stand to gain? Also why would she need to gain anything, she's already got a lot!

Wouldn't there be someone else involved in all this who will stand to gain and could have benefited even more if E herself had been poisoned too?

Monetary gain is unimportant to many people, and there are plenty of other motives for people to do harm.