Mushroom Poisoning Trial Hears of Final Phone Call

The daughter of poisoned couple breaks down in court as an inquest hears final moments of the mushroom victims.

Erin Patterson appears in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in Victoria, Australia, on Nov. 3, 2023. Anita Lester/AAP Image via AP

The only daughter of Don and Gail Patterson, who died after eating a poisoned beef Wellington, has given emotional testimony about rushing to her mother’s hospital bedside following the fateful meal.

Erin Patterson, 50, is on trial in regional Victoria accused of three murders and one attempted murder for serving a death-cap mushroom-laced meal to her estranged husband’s family in July 2023.