Australian police are investigating the deaths of three people and the critical illness of another after consuming wild mushrooms during a family dinner. The woman who cooked the meal for her in-laws has been interviewed by the police but did not fall ill.
In this image from a video, Victoria Police Det. Inspector Dean Thomas speaks during a press conference in Melbourne Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Australian police on Wednesday, Aug. 9 were trying to figure out how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently eating wild mushrooms at a family lunch. SYDNEY — Australian police on Wednesday were trying to figure out how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently eating wild mushrooms at a family lunch.
The woman told media outside her home in the town of Leongatha, in Victoria state, that she didn’t know what had happened. “I didn’t do anything,” she told Network Nine on Monday. “I loved them and I’m devastated they’re gone.” Victoria Police Det. Inspector Dean Thomas said it wasn’t clear what type of mushrooms the guests had eaten, but their symptoms were consistent with those from a death cap, a particularly deadly variety.
The woman had been hosting her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, both aged 70. Both died at hospitals. Also at the lunch were Gail Patterson’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, who died, and husband Ian Wilkinson, 68, a Baptist pastor who remained hospitalized this week in critical condition.
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