Erin Patterson, who killed three members of her estranged husband’s family by poisoning them with a foraged mushroom and beef wellington, has been given three life sentences.

The 50-year-old mom, convicted of the triple murder of Gail Patterson, Don Patterson, and Heather Wilkinson, was sentenced Monday to a minimum non-parole period of 33 years despite a request from prosecutors for a life sentence with no parole period in concurrent sentences.

The case sparked global interest, quickly becoming a true crime obsession, but many questions remain, notably the mystery surrounding why she fed her family the world’s most toxic mushroom.

The murders in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, saw Patterson feed her guests, which included a survivor, Ian Wilkinson, death cap mushrooms in 2023. She wa

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