VicPol opens homicide probe after poison mushrooms leave three dead

Homicide detectives are probing the deaths of three people from suspected mushroom poisoning.

Four people were taken to hospital a day after eating at a home in Leongatha, in Victoria’s South Gippsland area.

Two Korumburra women, aged 66 and 70, died in hospital on August 4.

A third person, a 70-year-old Korumburra man, died in hospital on Saturday night.

A 68-year-old Korumburra man remains in hospital in a critical condition.

Investigators executed a search warrant at a home in Leongatha on Saturday.

They also questioned a 48-year-old Leongatha woman who was released pending further enquiries.

Police are liaising with the Department of Health in relation to the matter.

-AAP