Four relatives came to lunch. Three died with symptoms of ‘death cap’ mushroom poisoning – CTV
Aug. 9, 2023
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – A meal of suspected death cap mushrooms served at a family lunch in late July is at the centre of a homicide investigation in Australia following the deaths of three guests less than a week later.
Erin Patterson served the meal to her former parents-in-law and her mother-in-law’s sister and husband, who were guests at her home in the town of Leongatha in southern Victoria, on July 29, according to Victoria Police.
Within days, Gail Patterson, 70, and her sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, died in hospital, followed by Gail’s 70-year-old husband, Don, a day later.
A fourth guest, Wilkinson’s husband, Ian, a 68-year-old reverend, remains critically ill in hospital.
Their deaths have shocked the small town and in recent days parishioners at the nearby Korumburra Baptist Church have gathered to pray for the recovery of their reverend, who reportedly needs a liver transplant.
