He had killed his mother-in-law and father-in-law with mushrooms: The killer also poisoned his wife last year
Erin Patterson, who invited her ex-husband’s parents and her ex-mother-in-law’s sister and husband to dinner in the Leongatha region of rural Australia, is not leaving the country’s agenda…
Patterson invited his father-in-law and former father-in-law, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister and wife, Heather and Ian Wilkinson, to lunch at the end of July. Among those invited to dinner that day, Erin’s ex-wife, Simon Patterson, 48, was unable to attend the invitation because she had a job at the last minute.
The young woman’s mother-in-law and father-in-law passed away shortly after dinner.
While Patterson’s two children were also present at the dinner, Gail, Don, Heather, and Ian fell ill the day after the meal. Gail died a few days after Don and Heather fell ill, while Ian is undergoing treatment in intensive care. After this incident, which fell like a bomb in the country’s media, all eyes turned to Erin Patterson. Claiming that she served another meal to her children and made a mushroom dinner for her guests, Patterson said she was unaware of the situation and that she did nothing wrong.
THE NIGHT SEA HAS EATEN
But while Patterson’s suspicious statements to the police drew attention, Simon Patterson spoke to the Australian press. “My ex-wife tried to poison me before,” Simon said. He mixed a poisonous plant, also known as belladonna, with potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant and fed me.” Simon Patterson was also stated to have remained in intensive care for 21 days after the incident in May last year, while experts also said that this plant can cause fatal poisoning.
The Wilkerson family was separated by death.
POLICE REVIEWS HEALTH REPORTS
Simon Patterson said: “At that point, I passed out at home and fell into a coma, and I was in a coma for 16 days, had 3 surgeries. Since no one believed that I was going to live, they came to the hospital and fired me twice,” he said. The police decided to scrutinize Simon’s health reports and what happened at the time.
Erin, on the other hand, first told police that she bought the mushrooms from a local store, but later made no other statement about it, which confused them.