‘Super sleuth’ Erin Patterson hid p owdered mushies ‘in everything’, court he ars

Email Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson — described as a “super sleuth” when it came to research — told her friends she hid powdered mushrooms in food she cooked and “the kids had no idea”, a jury has heard.

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