Three dead after mushroom poisoning in Victoria

Homicide detectives are still trying to work out if a suspected mushroom poisoning, which killed three people, is suspicious or not. Heather Wilkinson, a local teacher; her sister, Gail Patterson; and Patterson's husband Don Patterson all died after eating toxic wild mushrooms in Leongatha Victoria's Gippsland region on July 29. A fourth person, Reverend Ian Wilkinson, who is a pastor at Korumburra Baptist Church and Heather Wilkinson's husband, is fighting for life in hospital after also eating the mushrooms at the same meal. Detective Inspector Dean Thomas told media the investigation was "complex" but confirmed a family member was a suspect.

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mushroom 蘑菇🍄

homicide 杀人；凶案组

pastor 牧师

suspect 嫌疑

suspicious 可疑的