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A. Big syringe. It had a plastic end on it with
a hole which was about an eighth of an inch wide or
something. Yeah. I mean, kind of like a syringe
without a needle screwed on it.
 
Q.
They squirted -- Dr Houghton, would it be,
squirted this in her mouth?
 
A.
Yes.
Q.
Do you know why they were doing that?
A.
I was told it was being administered as a
sedative.
 
Q.
But, I mean, she wasn’t drinking —— I mean,
normally the person, if they gave you a sedative, they
would put it in a glass and give it to you to
drink.
This girl’s conscious and she’s in this room and
they’re squirting something in her mouth?
 
A.
Right.
Q.
Do you know why?
A.
I don’t know. I mean, I’m not familiar with
how sedatives are normally administered, so for —— for
me it was
-- that was about all the knowledge I had.
It was being administered as a sedative. That was
about all I knew.
Well, let me put it this way: She wasn’t —-
through the time I was there, I know that I didn’t see
her eat or swallow anything that was solid, all right?

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