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Portolano:
None.
Det. Sudler:
Alright. You.. .how long ago or how long after you
had taken her to Morton Plant Hospital was it that you found out that she had been released and later died?
Portolano:
Well, I really can’t get. . .1 mean.. .1 could get all
my run reports from that night ,and see when. . .you know.. .the next time. . . it was the next time I went into Morton Plant and. . .you know. . .my nights can... it could’ve been. . .you know. . . two hours later’. . . it could’ve been six hours later. So I.. .I’m not...
Det. Sudler:
It was the same night though?
Portolano:
That same night.
Det. Sudler:
You found out that she was released?
Portolano:
Right.
Det. Sudler:
And then when did you find out that she had died?
Portolano:
I would say it was about a month later.
Det. Sudler: . Okay. From talking.to the same R.N.?
Portolano:
Yeah, the same R.N. The R.N. came over to me and
said “Hey, you remember that Scientologist you brought in?” I said “Yeah”. She said “You know what.. .she died”.. .you know.. .“two weeks later”. So she told me.
Det. Sudler:
And ‘she told you what she died of?
Portolano:
She told me she died of a pulmonary embolism. I
don’t know what she died of but that’s what I was told.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Airight. Did she elaborate on how she had
found that .out? . .
‘Portolano: No. - -‘
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Det. Sudler: . Okay.
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.Portolano:
I thought maybe there was just. ..either they do
patient tracking but. . .you know.. .they usually

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