The ex-husband of a girl who hosted a toxic luncheon that sickened 4 individuals — three of whom have since died — was invited to the lethal luncheon.
Sources have informed Daily Mail Australia that Erin Patterson, 48, has invited her estranged ex-husband Simon Patterson to their former household residence for lunch along with his mother and father. Gail and Don Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, and her husband Ian on Saturday, July 29.
“Simon was supposed to go to lunch but couldn’t come at the last minute,” a good friend of Simon informed the Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday.
Mr. Patterson had barely recovered from months of rehabilitation from a mysterious abdomen sickness that left him combating for his life within the hospital.
Simon Patterson would be part of his mother and father for the lunch that value them their lives
Gail and Don Patterson died after consuming the mushrooms. It is obvious that Erin was beforehand married to their son, Simon
The above household tree exhibits the connections between the Pattersons and Wilkinsons embroiled within the uncommon Leongatha poisoning drama
Police are persevering with to research Ms Patterson after Simon’s mother and father and Ms Wilkinson died on July 29 from consuming the lethal luncheon at her residence in Leongatha, Victoria’s Gippsland area.
Mr. Wilkinson continues to cling to hospital life.
Simon’s good friend claimed that Mrs. Patterson was eager to maintain the household residence, the place she had lived with the couple’s kids since they separated.
A neighbor of Gail and Don Patterson informed Daily Mail Australia that Simon had been dwelling along with his mother and father after splitting up along with his spouse, however had moved out late final yr.
“Sunday morning we saw the ambulance pull into their driveway and we didn’t know what was going on,” he mentioned.
“They had been very mobile people. They were always busy with their own lawns. They were quite active. Don went for a walk every morning.’
The neighbour, who declined to be named, described his neighbors as nice people, who probably kept in touch with their son’s ex-wife even after the couple’s divorce.
“He was a pretty good kind of person who wouldn’t hold that grudge. I don’t know why they were there, but probably to see their grandchildren,’ he said.
News of the tragic deaths was the talk of the small rural community, with allegations that Simon may have suffered a serious stomach injury.
Simon Patterson lived with his parents while recovering from a serious stomach problem
Erin Patterson came home Tuesday with a waiting media package
Erin Patterson refused to answer questions about what she cooked for her guests
It was revealed on Tuesday that Simon has been in intensive care for 21 days after collapsing at his home in May 2022.
“I collapsed at home and was then in an induced coma for 16 days, undergoing three emergency surgeries, mainly on my small intestine, plus an additional scheduled surgery,” he wrote.
“My family has been asked twice to say goodbye to me because I was not expected to live.
“I spent 21 days in intensive care, then a week in the general ward, and now in a rehab center.”
Simon went additional, writing that the therapy “appeared to have cleared up the serious intestinal problems.”
“I have a large scar on my abdomen that is slow to heal, and I have ICU-acquired weakness, a common condition of people who are in intensive care for long periods of time,” he mentioned.
“I can walk on my own and perform all normal daily activities, but my left shoulder in particular is very weak.”
The neighbor from The Patterson tod Daily Mail Australia Simon lived along with his mother and father whereas he recovered from that sickness.
“After his illness, there may have been a divorce,” he mentioned. “We don’t know why they broke up. They were a very private family.’
Gail and Don Patterson’s house remained empty on Wednesday
The property where the deadly luncheon took place in Leongatha, in Victoria’s Gippsland region
Erin Patterson hauls a suitcase in her red MG before driving off
On Tuesday, Mrs. Patterson fled her home after refusing to reveal what she served at her victims’ last fatal meal.
She has denied any wrongdoing and no charges are expected at this stage of the investigation.
Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that Ms Patterson was responsible for Simon’s illness or the three deaths.
She had returned home on Wednesday but remained locked behind the safety of a large electric fence.
Homicide detectives searched the property on Saturday as part of their investigation and seized a number of items, including a food dehydrator believed to have been used to prepare the mushrooms.
A police source close to the investigation told The Age on Tuesday that police were conducting forensic tests on the dehydrator – which was found at a nearby tip.
Mrs. Patterson was apparently unharmed by the food, if at all.
On Tuesday, Ms. Patterson faced a media contingent eager for answers.
But the stay-at-home mom provided little and told reporters to get off her property.
“What happened is devastating and I am also grieving and you have no respect for that,” she mentioned.
Ms. Patterson was compelled to navigate a media scrum to enter her entrance door.
“Can I just go to my door, stop standing in front of me,” she mentioned.
She drove off after being questioned by reporters outdoors her residence
Ian Wilkinson and Heather Wilkinson (each pictured) turned significantly unwell after consuming wild mushrooms. Ms Wilkinson died on Friday whereas her husband is in important situation in hospital
Ms. Patterson refused to reply what dish she served her tragic company, who’re believed to have ingested toxic mushrooms.
A black canine ran out of Mrs. Patterson’s home when she opened the entrance door, enraging her much more.
“You don’t have permission to enter my private property or harass me,” she mentioned.
“This kind of behavior sends someone straight off the bridge.”
When requested “How was she” by a reporter, Ms. Patterson mentioned the plain.
‘I’m going residence. Thanks for asking. You’re not serving to,’ she replied.
Reporters have been compelled to leap Ms. Patterson’s fence to exit the premises after turning into trapped behind her massive automated safety gate.
Moments later, Mrs. Patterson was seen loading a suitcase into the trunk of her crimson MG and leaving.
MUSHROOM POISONING: A TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Saturday July 29
Don and Gail Patterson and Heather and Ian Wilkinson (a minister) collect for lunch at Erin Patterson’s residence in Leongatha, northeast of Melbourne.
Sunday July 30
All 4 lunch company who come to the hospital really feel sick. At first they’re thought to have gastro.
As their situation worsens, they’re being transferred to Melbourne hospitals.
Friday August 4
Gail and Heather die in hospital.
Saturday August 5
Don dies in hospital. The police search Erin Patterson’s residence in Leongatha and seize plenty of gadgets.
Sunday August 6
The police return to Erin’s home to query her. She hears loud crying from inside the home earlier than the 4 officers go away.
Monday August 7
Dean Thomas, Detective Inspector of the Victoria Police Department, confirms that Erin is being handled as an individual of curiosity within the case.
However, he says the investigation continues to be in its early phases and it has but to be decided whether or not the deaths are suspicious.
A short while later, Erin breaks her silence and speaks to reporters outdoors the home. She says she is devastated and “loves” the 4 members of the family who got here to her residence. She denies any allegations, however received’t reply questions on the place the mushrooms come from, who picked them or what sort of meal she ready for her company.
Tuesday August 8
In a weird twist, it was revealed that Simon Patterson suffered from a mysterious abdomen sickness in June 2022. He fell right into a coma and was in ICU for 21 days. His case has but to be defined by medical doctors.
Forensic exams are underway to seek out traces of a dying’s-head mushroom on a dehydrator found in a dump. The police suspect that it was used through the preparation of the meal.
Wednesday, August 9
Daily Mail Australia reveals that Simon Patterson was anticipated to attend the luncheon however pulled out on the final minute