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

[k-mac]

As long as she paid by card, her purchases can be verified no problem. And I think police will be able to access her bank records to check that out - as she is a POI/suspect and cooked the meal. They'll need to do that as part of the verification process.Moo

Just because a receipt can be shown for mushrooms doesn't mean they are the mushrooms consumed on the day.

If one is cunning enough to kill people this way they are cunning enough to think through the details and alibi's.

 

[LadyL]

posted that before the latest news broke..

sorry I'm tying to catch up and didn't notice when it was posted

 

[mirage1]

Possibly because she was so taken aback at his attack on her almost immediately..

You did not answer the question properly. What has being taken aback got to do with disposing of a food dehydrator if she was innocent? Its a non sequitur.

If she really did buy dehydrated mushrooms from an asian store then that food dehydrator should be totally irrelevant and no reason to be talking about it with her kids at a hospital with 4 friends dying.

 

[JBowie]

Ms Patterson told police she used a combination of button mushrooms bought from a well-known supermarket chain, along with dried mushrooms bought from from an Asian grocery store in Melbourne several months earlier.

She was unable to provide further details about the Asian grocery store.

I'm picturing police going through her bank account transactions with a fine tooth comb, along with such questions as:

When exactly did you make the trip to Melbourne and what was the purpose of the trip?

Can't recall? Did you purchase fuel before or on the way? Let's check your fuel purchases for you to help you recall.

What else did you do while in Melbourne? Where else did you shop? Can't recall? Let's check your card purchases on or around the time to help you recall.

Here's a full list of the names and addresses of Asian grocery stores in Melbourne that are not too far from that "well-known supermarket chain". Let's go through it and see if you recall which one you shopped at.

....

 

[Sarahlou]

So after 3 people dying after attending her lunch and a 4th one critical in hospital, she thought to travel miles to the local tip the following day to dispose of a malfunctioning dehydrator? Please...

Right?! Everything screams guilty as sin to me. JMO.

 

[kittythehare]

sorry I'm tying to catch up and didn't notice when it was posted

no prob/

there's several new reports this morning

Mushroom cook says she bought fungi from Asian grocer and her children ate the lunch leftovers

Erin Patterson told police she, too, was sick from the beef Wellington lunch that police suspect killed her former in-laws and another relative.

www.watoday.com.au

Woman who cooked suspected poisoned meal details where she bought mushrooms

The woman who cooked a meal that is believed to have contained poisonous mushrooms and led to the deaths of three people gives a lengthy written statement to police detailing her account of what happened, and revealing she was hospitalised after the incident.

www.abc.net.au

Shock twist after mushroom poisoning as woman who cooked meal speaks

The woman who prepared a mushroom meal, which is thought to have caused the deaths of three individuals, says she purchased the mushrooms from both a supermarket and an Asian grocery store and was hospitalised herself after eating the meal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[HongKongPhooey]

BBM, that's not what she said.

Ms Patterson said she was at the hospital with her children "discussing the food dehydrator" when her ex-husband, the son of the dead couple, asked: "Is that what you used to poison them?"

Worried that she might lose custody of the couple's children, Ms Patterson said she then panicked and dumped the dehydrator at the tip.

Woman who cooked suspected poisoned meal details where she bought mushrooms

The woman who cooked a meal that is believed to have contained poisonous mushrooms and led to the deaths of three people gives a lengthy written statement to police detailing her account of what happened, and revealing she was hospitalised after the incident.

www.abc.net.au

She wants her children to see more of their grandparents… yet on the day of their visit, they are at the cinema?

I’m not surprised that she she says can’t remember the exact store and that she bought the dried mushrooms months ago. All very convenient.

I’m not buying any of it.

 

[kittythehare]

You did not answer the question properly. What has being taken aback got to do with disposing of a food dehydrator if she was innocent? Its a non sequitur.

If she really did buy dehydrated mushrooms from an asian store then that food dehydrator should be totally irrelevant and no reason to be talking about it with her kids at a hospital with 4 friends dying.

TRY THIS

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

BBM, that's not what she said. Ms Patterson said she was at the hospital with her children "discussing the food dehydrator" when her ex-husband, the son of the dead couple, asked: "Is that what you used to poison them?" Worried that she might lose custody of the couple's children, Ms...

www.websleuths.com

 

[Jess M.]

She wants her children to see more of their grandparents… yet on the day of their visit, they are at the cinema?

I’m not surprised that she she says can’t remember the exact store and that she bought the dried mushrooms months ago. All very convenient.

I’m not buying any of it.

Me either!

 

[Jess M.]

Ms Patterson told police she used a combination of button mushrooms bought from a well-known supermarket chain, along with dried mushrooms bought from from an Asian grocery store in Melbourne several months earlier.

She was unable to provide further details about the Asian grocery store.

I'm picturing police going through her bank account transactions with a fine tooth comb, along with such questions as:

When exactly did you make the trip to Melbourne and what was the purpose of the trip?

Can't recall? Did you purchase fuel before or on the way? Let's check your fuel purchases for you to help you recall.

What else did you do while in Melbourne? Where else did you shop? Can't recall? Let's check your card purchases on or around the time to help you recall.

Here's a full list of the names and addresses of Asian grocery stores in Melbourne that are not too far from that "well-known supermarket chain". Let's go through it and see if you recall which one you shopped at.

....

Erin must be one of those people who thinks ahead...

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

Erin Patterson, woman at centre of suspected Leongatha mushroom poisoning admits lying to police

Shock twist after mushroom poisoning as woman who cooked meal speaks

The woman who prepared a mushroom meal, which is thought to have caused the deaths of three individuals, says she purchased the mushrooms from both a supermarket and an Asian grocery store and was hospitalised herself after eating the meal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The lies are stacking up. I feel an almost Groucho Marx (principles) moment coming on. Those are my lies, and if you don’t like them, well I have others.

 

[Jess M.]

The lies are stacking up. I feel an almost Groucho Marx (principles) moment coming on. Those are my lies, and if you don’t like them, well I have others.

She's had time to think and a visit with a no doubt very expensive lawyer...

 

[Ellery84]

IMO she disposed of the dehydrator because it could have incriminated her.

Exactly. If she had done nothing wrong, and it was all an accident, why not hand police everything that could have been potentially helpful?

Why not cooperate fully?

 

[kittythehare]

I have read that and it does not answer what i asked you.

This is the post to which you responded.

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

BBM, that's not what she said. Ms Patterson said she was at the hospital with her children "discussing the food dehydrator" when her ex-husband, the son of the dead couple, asked: "Is that what you used to poison them?" Worried that she might lose custody of the couple's children, Ms...

www.websleuths.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

She wants her children to see more of their grandparents… yet on the day of their visit, they are at the cinema?

Because this was a time for the adults to talk about Erin and Simon's relationship.

Makes perfect sense to me that no one would have wanted the children there at this time.

 

[JLZ]

You did not answer the question properly. What has being taken aback got to do with disposing of a food dehydrator if she was innocent? Its a non sequitur.

If she really did buy dehydrated mushrooms from an asian store then that food dehydrator should be totally irrelevant and no reason to be talking about it with her kids at a hospital with 4 friends dying.

Or, the food dehydrator could yield evidence that she was innocent. So why would the husband's verbal attack make her chuck it away?

 

[k-mac]

Or, the food dehydrator could yield evidence that she was innocent. So why would the husband's verbal attack make her chuck it away?

yep
guilt and PANIC

 

[mirage1]

This is the post to which you responded.

I responded to this from you.

Possibly because she was so taken aback at his attack on her almost immediately..

Regarding why she would dispose of the food dehydrator.

 

[silvercrown]

well she would argue that she didn't want anyone else to become sick if the dehydrator had poison remnants inside it

but I see your raised eyebrow and also raise a side-eye

Right? Got rid of the dehydrator in case it contained traces of toxins, but still served her kids the beef Wellington with the mushroom duxelles scraped off. Go figure.

 

[k-mac]

She's had time to think and a visit with a no doubt very expensive lawyer...

If that dehydrator brings the evidence not even a good lawyer will be able to help her out of this.