A fresh twist in the mushroom triple-murder trial: expletive-laden Facebook messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone that labelled her husband a ‘deadbeat’ and his parents ‘a lost cause’. Today, the case against Erin Patterson.

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Explicit messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone