Australian murder suspect denies drying deadly mushrooms


Erin Patterson's phone records three months before the lunch placed her in a part of Australia where death cap mushrooms had been sighted. - Reuters

SYDNEY: An Australian woman accused of murdering three people with death cap mushrooms denied Wednesday (June 11) that she turned the fungi into dry powder for the fatal meal.

Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with murdering her estranged husband's parents and aunt in July 2023 by spiking a beef Wellington lunch with the mushrooms.

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