Overview

• Digital forensic officer Shamen Fox-Henry testified about Erin Patterson's computer searches for 'death cap mushrooms' on iNaturalist in May 2022, over a year before the fatal lunch.
• Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill a fourth by serving beef Wellington allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023.
• Nurse Mairim Cespon described Patterson's emotional hospital visit two days after the lunch, where she reported symptoms of nausea and diarrhea and provided meal scraps to police.
• Prosecutors allege intentional poisoning but have not identified a clear motive; the defense argues the deaths were a tragic accident involving store-bought mushrooms.
• Justice Christopher Beale reiterated strict instructions to jurors to avoid conducting independent online research, emphasizing reliance solely on court evidence.