Evidence Unveiled: Final Days of the Erin Patterson Mushroom Trial

We're approaching the end of the Mushroom Murder Trial, with hearings potentially concluding this week and the jury soon deciding Erin Patterson's fate. I share updates from recent court proceedings, including details from police searches of Erin Patterson's home and the evidence allegedly collected.

• Erin Patterson (50) from Leongatha is charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Her plea is not guilty.
• Police search on August 5, 2023 allegedly yielded items including a food hydrator manual, electronic devices, and kitchen items
• Officers documented Erin Patterson’s kitchen area, capturing video footage and photographs
• Collected electronics included phones, a tablet, and a personal computer
• Evidence about  a SIM card to a Nokia phone 
• A second search on November 2, 2023 (day of arrest) specifically sought to locate a mobile phone that "has never been located by police"

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello and welcome to the Mushroom Murder Trial
podcast.
I'm Lisa and I'm again awake at3am, so my insomnia is your
gain, because I've been readingtranscripts and my notes as well
.
Now I don't know what's goingon here, because the last trial
I covered was GhislaineMaxwell's and it was in another

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time zone and this was not anissue.
Anyway, enough about me, let'smove on.
We are getting to the end ofthe hearings and they may finish
before the end of the week.
Then it's up to the jury todecide Ms Patterson's fate.
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Okay, just quickly the casebackground.
The defendant is Erin TrudyPatterson.
She's age 50 and she's ofLeangatha.
Victoria Charges three countsof murder and one count of
attempted murder.
The plea is not guilty to all.

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The Supreme Court of Victoriaheard on Tuesday details of the
police search at Erin's home inLlingatha on August 5, 2023.
At this time 2023.
At this time, officers seizedmultiple items.
These included a manual for afood hydrator, various

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electronic devices and kitchenrelated appliances.
Investigators were specificallyfocused on locating food scraps
, packaging materials andelectronic equipment.
Homicide detective StephenEffingsall was giving evidence
that the search started ataround 11 20 am and continued

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until approximately 3 45.
During this time, officerscaptured both video footage and
still photographs documentingthe kitchen area.
Photographs documenting thekitchen area, a dishwasher with
plates positioned on top and arecipe tin eats cookbook marked
by cooking stains and a tissuethat was used as a bookmark.

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Among the electronics collectedwas a black Samsung phone found
in a wardrobe belonging to MsPatterson's son, a Samsung
tablet used by her daughter anda black personal computer
located in an upstairs room.
A kitchen scale and a gravyboat were also listed as amongst

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the items noted.
When asked by police, msPatterson readily handed over
her mobile phone along with theaccess pin.
According to DetectiveEppingstall, she responded, of
course, and cooperated fullywith the request.
He told the court that duringthis August 2023 search of Ms

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Patterson's residence,investigators noted that a SIM
card had been transferred into aNokia mobile phone allegedly.
The court heard that inDecember 2022, she ordered,
allegedly explained to herfriends on Facebook that she'd
replaced her phone after itbroke and mentioned she had

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learned how to perform a quotehard reboot.
A second search warrant wasexecuted at her Leangatha home
on November 2, 2023, the day ofher arrest.
The purpose of that search wasto locate several items,
including a mobile phone.
Detective Eppingstall says themobile phone has quote never

(04:09):
been located by police.
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It's 3am, that's all I can sayin my defence, and I'm hoping
that we'll get more of adirection towards the end of the
week in terms of how thetrial's going, when the jury
will be out.
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to this podcast and I will speakto you very, very soon, I would
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