Sim cards swapped during police search, court told
Call charge records from a second phone show the sim card was swapped during a police search of Erin Patterson’s home, court told.
Call charge records from a second phone show the sim card was swapped during a police search of Erin Patterson’s home, court told.
Erin Patterson told investigators she had never foraged for mushrooms and did not own a dehydrator in a police interview taped on the day officers found the manual for a Sunbeam machine in her kitchen drawer.
Detective Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall said he ‘tried to track’ but was ‘unable’ to find where Erin Patterson travelled to during a short window on the night following the fatal beef Wellington lunch.
Erin Patterson suggested to a Victorian health official she used mushrooms bought from an Asian grocer in a pasta dish, before saying they were used only in her fatal beef Wellington.
A health official investigating the case revealed texts and phone conversations with Ms Patterson about the mushrooms’ use, their alleged purchase and the timing of her grocery trips contained conflicting details compared to information she had previously provided.
Erin Patterson has become visibly upset as a doctor who treated her four lunch guests recalled their dying days in hospital.
An explicit Facebook chat extracted from the mobile phone of Erin Patterson referred to her parents-in-law as a ‘lost cause’ and her estranged husband a ‘deadbeat’, the court has heard.
Messages extracted from Erin Patterson’s mobile phone show Facebook user Erin ErinErin appeared to become frustrated with her in-laws involvement in her relationship with their son.
Forensic records extracted from the computer of accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson have revealed a visit to a web page citing the location of deadly mushrooms.
A senior digital forensic officer has told the court a series of devices that were taken from Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home after the fatal beef Wellington lunch were analysed for mushroom-related keywords.
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