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Rachael Ward

Timeline of suspected triple-fatal mushroom poisoning

Erin Patterson Don Patterson Gail Patterson Heather Wilkinson Ian Wilkinson
Flowers laid on the graves of Gail and Don Patterson who died of suspected mushroom poisoning. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

TIMELINE OF SUSPECTED MUSHROOM POISONING

* July 29 - Extended family share a meal at Erin Patterson's home in Leongatha in southeast Victoria

* July 30 - Heather Wilkinson, Ian Wilkinson, Gail Patterson and Don Patterson taken to hospital after becoming ill

* August 4 - Heather Wilkinson and Gail Patterson die

* August 5 - Don Patterson dies

* August 5 - Police execute a search warrant at Erin Patterson's Leongatha home and question her before she is released pending further inquiries

* August 7 - Erin Patterson denies any wrongdoing when questioned by reporters outside her home

* August 14 - ABC releases a letter penned by Erin Patterson in which she says she regrets giving a "no comment" interview to police. 

She confirmed she prepared a Beef Wellington for the lunch, claiming she used button mushrooms purchased from a major supermarket and dried mushrooms bought at an Asian grocery store in Melbourne

* August 31 - Public memorial service for Gail and Don Patterson

* September 22 - Ian Wilkinson leaves hospital after almost two months of treatment

* October 4 - Public memorial service for Heather Wilkinson

* November 2 - Erin Patterson arrested and interviewed while authorities search her home with assistance from Australian Federal Police detector dogs

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