Australia is gripped by the mysterious deaths of three people in a suspected poisoning case that reads like a fictional thriller.
. But whether the poisonings were intentional, or if the fungus is even the culprit, is shrouded in mystery. The guests’ symptoms were consistent with mushroom poisoning, medical experts and investigators say.Homicide detectives have searched the home of Erin Patterson, the 48-year-old woman who hosted the gathering in Leongatha, about 70 miles from Melbourne. She was taken in for questioning Saturday and released without charge later that evening.
During the search, investigators seized several items they say are of interest to the case. A food dehydrator found at a local landfill is apparently also being tested to see if there is any link, Melbourne’s reported, citing an anonymous police source close to the investigation. Police declined to confirm whether a dehydrator is among the items being examined.
“It’s a complex investigation,” Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, head of the Victorian police homicide squad,Thomas said the host is a suspect “because she cooked those meals for the people.” But he added, “we have to keep an open mind in relation to this that it could be very innocent.”according to people who have mistakenly eaten them, and survived — look similar to other nonpoisonous mushroom species. That makes them easily mistakable to people who forage for them in the wild.
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