![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/killer-mushroom-suspect-goes-into-hiding-after-preparing-deadly-lunch/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23427559-1691669601549.jpg&description=Breaking MISSING COOK Published : 13:14, 10 Aug 2023 Updated : 13:24, 10 Aug 2023 A MUM who allegedly served a poisonous mushroom lunch that left three dead has reportedly gone into hiding. Erin Patterson, 48, invited Gail and Don Patterson, her former in-laws, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian to her home in Leongatha, Australia . 1 Erin Patterson has reportedly fled her home and gone into hiding After eating the meal - believed to be a beef wellington pie - on July 29, the guests became violently ill and Gail and Don, both 70, and Heather, 66, later died. Cops said their symptoms were consistent with having eaten death cap mushrooms . Ian, a pastor, remains in hospital in a critical condition, awaiting a liver transplant. Homicide detectives confirmed Erin is a suspect in the case as the mum-of-two cooked the meal at her home but did not get sick. Now lawyers acting for Erin have been forced to camp outside her home to hand deliver legal instructions after she went missing on Thursday. She had told reporters just before 10am she was leaving to speak to lawyers in Melbourne, Daily Mail Australia reports. But a representative of the law firm arrived at her property at 5pm to hand deliver a letter, Daily Mail Australia reports. The man said it was the only way Erin could be reached after cops confiscated her phone and computer - raising questions about her whereabouts. It's understood Erin did not return to her home on Thursday night. Erin has denied any wrongdoing and cops have cautioned that the incident could be "very innocent". But officers seized a number of items - including a food dehydrator from a tip, believed to have been used to prepare the mushrooms. Investigators are still unsure whether she also ate the meal - but cops confirmed a different lunch was served to her two children. It's understood cops are seeking to review CCTV footage from the tip where the food dehydrator was found to see which vehicles entered the site. A po){kind=link}
A MUM who allegedly served a poisonous mushroom lunch that left three dead has reportedly gone into hiding.
Erin Patterson, 48, invited Gail and Don Patterson, her former in-laws, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian to her home in Leongatha, Australia.
After eating the meal – believed to be a beef wellington pie – on July 29, the guests became violently ill and Gail and Don, both 70, and Heather, 66, later died.
Cops said their symptoms were consistent with having eaten death cap mushrooms.
Ian, a pastor, remains in hospital in a critical condition, awaiting a liver transplant.