Ok here’s the thing : some of the women in my Facebook group live NEAR Leongatha OR have relatives who live IN Leongatha.

Apparently the town folk in the region are angry with the current ongoing saga for a number of reasons...including the fact that this tragedy has made their town globally famous for all the wrong reasons.

Presently there’s a lot of grief over those who have died as they were well known and loved (church ministers and their wives and their congregations are heavily involved in town community organisations). The old guy who is currently fighting for his life is a much loved church minister who’s very down to earth and forever helping the local community. It’s important that this guy pulls through and gives detectives the truth about what happened because the truth is never going to come from Erin Patterson who keeps changing her story (many South Gippsland residents believe Erin is trying to explain away anomalies but the more she talks the worse these anomalies get). Town folk are coming forward to offer their kidneys (or whatever other body organs are required) ...to save the old guy’s life.

Community anger 👉 lots of it and it’s mainly targeted at VicPol. Why? They’re taking too long to arrest and charge Erin Patterson with manslaughter/murder. They think her ever changing accounts alone indicate it’s clearly one or the other. Also the fact that both her children were taken off her by Victoria’s Child Protection Services means this : there’s a risk of harm to both those kids by their mother.

Also those in the town are stating that the mushroom excuse is just that - an excuse! Erin Patterson is the editor of the local rag and has been so for some time. She and those working with her in producing the monthly publication constantly post articles on mushrooms and which are safe etc.

Then there’s this : It’s now being alleged that Erin’s own relatives don’t want to get involved in this current messy situation. They’re not offering support to her. They’re concerned about the 2 children caught up in this nightmare and are trying to offer help to them not her. Some of her own relatives believe Erin needs a lot of professional help. Oh and they have stated that the amicable split with the ex husband is BS. Why? Child custody issues.

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 15^th, 2023 at 12:29pm:


Nothing better than walk the walk and talk the talk with local yokels to get a better picture.

We often go through Leongatha to visit friends in Foster.
I’ve stopped in the township to go to their op shops which are different with so many old fashioned craft stuff I love and it’s hard to find anywhere else… this is indicative of old fashioned country town values still held dear.
These places out-that-away are lovely with a nicer pace of life.
I could imagine how upsetting their town is getting the wrong and undeserved attention at present.
A stigma that will now stick with them anytime the town’s name is mentioned.
It’s bit like the town of Childers… when we drive through there I think of all those tragic backpackers deaths from the fire to the building.

Sophia wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 11:54pm:

From the above link :

Death wall’ inside mushroom chef’s house

The former home of the woman who prepared the lunch in a suspected fatal mushroom poisoning featured a “death wall” with disturbing children’s drawings.

EXCLUSIVE

The former home of the woman who prepared the lunch in a suspected fatal mushroom poisoning that killed three people featured a creepy “death wall” with disturbing children’s drawings of tombstones and an ominous warning that “you don’t [have] long to live”.

A photo obtained exclusively by news.com.au from inside the Korumburra home previously owned by Erin Patterson shows a large section of one wall covered in red, blue and black graffiti.



1. The article continues (sorry I can’t post it up as it’s too upsetting)

2. The drawings those 2 children left behind are in that article (sorry I can’t post them up as it’s too upsetting)

Note : This news article has apparently angered many residents of Leongatha and their anger is directed at VicPol who are taking too long to arrest Erin Patterson. They just want this online saga to stop as they feel that these articles are destroying/hurting their town.

Ok from my above link :

Patterson admits she lied about the food dehydrator when first questioned by police, and regrets accepting initial legal advice to refuse to answer further questions. Detectives will now seek to re-interview her.

Police have made it clear this is not a murder probe, but an investigation into unexplained deaths. Patterson has repeatedly said she has done nothing wrong.

Here are 12 follow-up questions the homicide squad is likely to ask.

1. You don’t remember the name of the Asian grocer, but can you take us to the location?

2. If it was a commercially available product, why have there been no other cases of death cap poisoning?

3. Why use dried mushrooms?
Gordon Ramsay’s beef Wellington recipe calls for a wild mushroom paste to be used. This usually requires cooking all moisture out of the mushrooms, but dehydrated ones could be used. It would mean the actual fillet of beef may not have been compromised by poisoned juice.

4. How did you recover?
Patterson says she was given a liver protecting drug. There is no known cure for death cap mushroom poisoning and the fungi is one of the most toxic poisons on Earth.

5. Why did Patterson get a mild dose of illness?
Patterson is more than 20 years younger than her guests, which may make her more resilient.

6. The lunch was on July 29. The guests presented at hospital the following day with severe symptoms. You presented, but the medical staff chose not to admit you. Why?

7. When did you learn of the food poisoning and why were you confident your children would not become ill?
All of Patterson’s guests went to hospital with suspected food poisoning on July 30, with each couple presenting separately with symptoms so severe they were quickly transferred to Melbourne. On that evening, although the four guests who ate the beef Wellington were severely ill, Patterson says she gave her children leftovers from the same suspected poisoned meal.

8. Why were you well enough to go home and dispose of the dehydrator at a local tip before returning to hospital two days after the lunch, with symptoms sufficiently bad to require you to be transferred to Melbourne?

9. Did you make a sauce, or gravy with any of the mushrooms?

10. Why did you dispose of the dehydrator but keep the remains of the beef Wellington to be tested by the Health Department?

11. Were tests conducted on Erin Patterson in hospital that could shed light on the mystery?

12. When can we get forensic results?
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine has about 200 different types of poisons on file. In this case, they will have to get a clinical sample to compare to pathology from the victims, which may take several weeks.

4 things we know about our mushroom lady.

1: Fat
2: Ugly
3: Stupid
4: Liar

Is she also a murderer?