The Mushroom Murder Trial continues with a focus on digital evidence revealing complex relationships between Erin Patterson and her alleged victims before the fatal lunch. Friday's proceedings examined Signal messages showing warm interactions between Ms Patterson and her in-laws, juxtaposed against private Facebook conversations where she vented frustrations.

• Defendant Erin Patterson, 50, faces three murder counts and one attempted murder count over a lunch of Beef Wellington
• Signal messages from early 2022 show cordial relationships with in-laws Don and Gail Patterson
• Evidence includes Mother's Day messages where Erin called Gail "the best mother-in-law anyone can ask for"
• Defence presented Facebook group chat messages to provide context to family tensions
• Private chat described as "a space for venting" showed Ms Patterson's frustrations with in-laws
• Both sides questioned prosecution's last witness, Leading Senior Constable Stephen Eppingstall
• Case has generated over 6,000 news articles about Erin Patterson in Australian media alone

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