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Alleged mushroom cook didn’t ingest death caps, ‘no record’ she had cancer, jury told: Trial day one, as it happened

Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson

Updated April 30, 2025 — 3:25pm,first published April 30, 2025 — 7:42am

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1.39pmPatterson did factory resets of phone

1.33pmPatterson posted about dehydrating, ‘hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’

1.04pmDoctors concluded guests’ illness were ‘unsurvivable’

11.55amErin Patterson reported eating half her lunch

10.57amWhere did the mushrooms come from? A phone call from the hospital

10.20am‘I’ve puzzled about it since lunch’: Heather wondered why Erin served her guests with different plates

7.59amWhat you need to know about the mushroom lunch trial

7.46amWho is who in the family tragedy

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