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Erin Patterson arrested over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in Victoria
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The woman at the centre of the suspected mushroom poisoning that left three people dead and a fourth fighting for his life after a family lunch has been arrested by Victorian police.
“A search warrant has been executed at the Gibson Street address, with assistance from the AFP’s [Australian federal police’s] technology detector dogs.
Technology dogs, which are often Labradors, are trained to smell the chemical triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO) that is found on circuit boards, sim cards and hard drives.
In a statement provided to Victoria police and obtained by the ABC earlier this year, Patterson confirmed her estranged husband had accused her of killing his parents.
She said she had been at the hospital with her children “discussing the food hydrator”, which was later found at the tip, when Simon asked her if it was “what you used to poison them?”.
Patterson said in the statement that she was worried she would lose custody of their children and dumped the hydrator in the tip and had panicked.
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