Police say they are interviewing the 49-year-old woman as part of their investigation into the deaths of three people following a lunch at Leongatha earlier this year.
Police have arrested Leongatha woman Erin Patterson over the deaths of three people who attended a lunch at her home in July.Police are interviewing Ms Patterson, who has always said she did not intentionally poison her guests.
Gail and Don Patterson, the parents of Erin Patterson's ex-husband, died in hospital on August 4 and 5.Gail Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson, also died after the lunch and her husband Ian Wilkinson was critically ill but recovered.In a written statement sent to police in August, Ms Patterson said she bought fungi for the lunch at a supermarket and an Asian grocery store, and was herself hospitalised after eating the lunch.
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