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A woman has been arrested after a ‘mushroom lunch’ reportedly left three people dead and a fourth fighting for his life.<\/p>\n
Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died after being taken to hospital following a family lunch in Leongatha in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The woman who allegedly served the lunch, Erin Patterson, was taken into custody on Thursday, November 1.<\/p>\n
She has not however been charged with any crime, reports the BBC. Police meanwhile say the 49-year-old will now be interviewed while the investigation continues.<\/p>\n
Police said they searched a property in Gibson Street with the help of technology detector dogs.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> Interest rates to remain unchanged amid growing fears of a recession<\/strong><\/p>\n Gail and Don – understood to be the parents of Ms Patterson’s ex-husband – were guests at the lunch along with Gail’s sister Heather and her brother-in-law. The four were taken to hospital on 30 July reporting violent illness, police say.<\/p>\n Within days, Don and Gail, both 70, and Heather Wilkinson, 66, died. The man made a full recovery after two months of treatment.<\/p>\n Erin Patterson claims she was also taken to hospital with stomach pains. She claimed to have been put on a saline drip and given medication.<\/p>\n She claims she served a beef wellington using a combination of button mushrooms bought from a supermarket and dried mushrooms purchased at an Asian grocery months earlier.<\/p>\n In August, she said: “I am now devastated to think that these mushrooms may have contributed to the illness suffered by my loved ones. I really want to repeat that I had absolutely no reason to hurt these people, whom I loved.”<\/p>\n\n