Erin Patterson convicted of murdering three relatives with mushrooms

Mushroom murder trial verdict: Erin Patterson found guilty of three counts of murder — as it happened. The jury has reached a verdict in Erin Patterson's murder trial, finding her guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

But prosecutors told the court the preparation of the duxelles was one of the final steps in a plot to murder four people with death cap mushrooms. Later that morning, Erin dropped her nine-year-old daughter, 14-year-old son and his friend off at the Leongatha McDonald's.