Overview

• Victoria Police digital forensics officer Shamen Fox-Henry testified about Erin Patterson's web searches, including visits to a death cap mushroom page on iNaturalist in May 2022.
• Evidence presented to the jury includes photos of mushrooms in a dehydrator and multiple factory resets of a phone seized after the fatal July 2023 lunch.
• Recovered Facebook messages reveal Patterson's frustration with her estranged husband and his family, describing them as a 'lost cause' and expressing a desire to cut ties.
• Medical testimony detailed the severe symptoms and treatments for the lunch guests, three of whom died from mushroom poisoning, while Patterson maintains it was an accident.
• The judge reminded jurors to rely solely on in-court evidence as testimony continues, with more witnesses expected to appear in the coming days.