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The woman who allegedly cooked a mushroom lunch that resulted in the death of three people has been charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. Just after 8am on Thursday, Erin Patterson, 49, was arrested by homicide squad detectives and taken to Wonthaggi police station for questioning.
Heather’s husband and Baptist church pastor Ian Wilkinson survived the lunch and spent nearly two months in hospital in a critical but stable condition. He was released from hospital in September and was seen for the first time early last month arriving at Korumburra Indoor Recreation Centre for his wife’s memorial. Homicide detectives previously named the Patterson as a suspect as she allegedly cooked the lunch.
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