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

[Jess M.]

Mushroom poisoning twist: Lunch guest pulled out 'at the last minute'

The ex-husband of a woman who hosted a poisonous lunch where four people fell ill - three of whom have since died - had been invited to the deadly lunch.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Oh dear. This was planned IMO.

 

[kiwi50]

I figured that would be the case. Moo.

Mushroom poisoning twist: Lunch guest pulled out 'at the last minute'

The ex-husband of a woman who hosted a poisonous lunch where four people fell ill - three of whom have since died - had been invited to the deadly lunch.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Ah the ex had a lucky escape again.
So she didnt change the menu when he didnt arrive.
At least he will be able to tell police if he had eaten the mushrooms before.

 

[Jess M.]

Ah the ex had a lucky escape again.
So she didnt change the menu when he didnt arrive.
At least he will be able to tell police if he had eaten the mushrooms before.

 

[Doesitmakesense]

Ah the ex had a lucky escape again.
So she didnt change the menu when he didnt arrive.
At least he will be able to tell police if he had eaten the mushrooms before.

I think IMO if a dehydrator was used they may have been no "mushrooms" in the meals but possibly a powder added

 

[Gardenista]

Mushroom poisoning twist: Lunch guest pulled out 'at the last minute'

The ex-husband of a woman who hosted a poisonous lunch where four people fell ill - three of whom have since died - had been invited to the deadly lunch.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I feel so bad for the ex-husband. What a complete nightmare.

 

[JLZ]

Ah the ex had a lucky escape again.
So she didnt change the menu when he didnt arrive.
At least he will be able to tell police if he had eaten the mushrooms before.

If the ex was the intended victim, and the others acceptable collateral damage, she's kind of spoiled her pitch by going ahead with the poisoning in his absence.

 

[Jess M.]

I think IMO if a dehydrator was used they may have been no "mushrooms" in the meals but possibly a powder added

That's exactly what my son said.

 

[Jess M.]

If the ex was the intended victim, and the others acceptable collateral damage, she's kind of spoiled her pitch by going ahead with the poisoning in his absence.

I think that his parents may have been planned victims as well. Her children are quite possibly in their wills...

 

[Jess M.]

I feel so bad for the ex-husband. What a complete nightmare.

I bet he has put two and two together by now...

 

[Dre]

I bet he has put two and two together by now...

It’s likely at least part of his brain knows, but I wouldn’t blame him for denial at this point, it’s a strong protective mechanism, I cannot fathom processing all of it simultaneously, moo.

I can only imagine she didn’t have anything else prepared so she went ahead with plan A? Perhaps she began serving before he confirmed his cancelation?

 

[Sprinter]

That's exactly what my son said.

I wonder how police found out about the dehydrator being at the tip.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Criminologist says Victorian poisoning case has 'suspicious elements'

Erin Patterson, 48, invited Don and Gail Patterson and Heather and Ian Wilkinson to lunch at her Leongatha home, in Victoria's Gippsland region, on July 29.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Jess M.]

It’s likely at least part of his brain knows, but I wouldn’t blame him for denial at this point, it’s a strong protective mechanism, I cannot fathom processing all of it simultaneously, moo.

I can only imagine she didn’t have anything else prepared so she went ahead with plan A? Perhaps she began serving before he confirmed his cancelation?

Yes, that's possible. It did say that he cancelled at the last minute.

 

[kiwi50]

I wonder how police found out about the dehydrator being at the tip.

The ex quite likely told them they owned one.

 

[Waverider]

I think that his parents may have been planned victims as well. Her children are quite possibly in their wills...

Yep - $$$$$$$

I wonder who else in the family has died recently..

 

[JLZ]

The ex quite likely told them they owned one.

I think there might be eyewitness or video evidence of Erin having visited the tip.

 

[ArianeEmory]

Can someone connect the dots for me on what the significance of the dehydrator might be?

 

[Dre]

I’m currently with my mushroom foraging partner near Canada doing thimbleberry picking (got stung 16 times today grrrrr) but my family uses dehydration often and I’m a huge fan of jarring/preserving and mushroom powder etc, and because of this I’ve been discussing this case with my fam extensively.

Warning- speculation!!
Perhaps before her ex got sick she procured a batch of deathcaps, then dried, jarred, fed to her ex and as it did not work she later used the rest at the lunch? The only traces remaining by the time of the inquiry would have been in the dehydrator, which she had to throw away and they couldn’t find in the home.

Jmo thanks for reading!

 

[JLZ]

I’m currently with my mushroom foraging partner near Canada doing thimbleberry picking (got stung 16 times today grrrrr) but my family uses dehydration often and I’m a huge fan of jarring/preserving and mushroom powder etc, and because of this I’ve been discussing this case with my fam extensively.

Warning- speculation!!
Perhaps before her ex got sick in May she procured a batch of deathcaps, then dried, jarred, fed to her ex and as it did not work she later used the rest at the lunch? The only traces remaining by the time of the inquiry would have been in the dehydrator, which she had to throw away and they couldn’t find in the home.

Jmo thanks for reading!

It was May last year.

 

[Waverider]

Can someone connect the dots for me on what the significance of the dehydrator might be?


She threw out the dehydrator the day after the dinner, which suggests she was trying to get rid of evidence even before police involvement and intent.