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an endotracheal tube...
Portolano:
Yes.
Det. Sudler:
And some evidence of medical treatment. Can you
describe the similarities or differences? I mean
is this in fact the person who presented themselves as Lisa McPherson to you?
Portolano:
Yes, this is Lisa Mcpherson.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. What are the differences.. .you know. ..in
her appearance and anything that you might note or similarities?’
Portolano:
Initially when I saw this picture.. .umm. . I noticed
her face looked a lot thinner. 13mm. . . she was umm... she wasn’t heavy but she was very full figured. 13mm. . .and her face was fuller than this. This is a lot thinner. Umm. . . she has a bruise on her right cheekbone or something is there. It’s some kind of marking. That.. .that was not there. I’m looking under her eye. 13mm.. .it appears. . .her eyes didn’t really have bags underneath them or any. . .you know... ‘dark circles.. .none of that. Her complexion was totally clear. But this picture presents with like what we call a “raccoon’s eye”.. .uh. . .in the medical field.,. . just bruising underneath the eye due to some type of trauma to either the nose or. . . or the eyebrow bone or possibly the zygomatic.. .the bone right underneath the eye.. .umm. . .where there would be some bruising right there. It’s not a great amount of bruising uh. . .but it is.. .it’s definitely there. 13mm.. .‘I’m sorry...
Det.’ Sudler:
No, that’s fine. ::that’s’fine’; So.’;;but you-would
say that she looks thinner than she did?
Portolano:
She does look thinner than she did: And I don’t
know what this is on her chin.. But she didn’t

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