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that she had lost some weight?
McPherson:
Yes.
Det. Sudler:
And this. . .Lisa never discussed this with you?
McPherson:
No.
Det. Sudler:
Umm. . .was she under any type of stress from her
personal life or work or any problems?
McPherson:
Yes. . .yes. She was in love with this Kurt Paine...
I’ll go into that in a minute. Very much stress at work. . .very much.
Det. Sudler:
Did she elaborate on that?
McPherson:
No.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Mcpherson:
In fact, she didn’t tell me. But it was in her diary
and I could kinda tell from the way I talked to her she was just real uptight. . .never got through work.
Det. Sudler:
Did she just have too much work to do or...?
McPherson:
I think she did. Of course, they never think they
do.
Det. Sudler:
And you just found this out from your diary.. .from
reading her diary?
McPherson:  Uh Huh.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Umm. . .you mentioned something about Kurt
Paine...
McPherson: Yes.
Det. Sudler:
That was her boyfriend?
McPherson:
Yes. I understand he was 45 years old. She was
very much in love with him. They were gonna get
 married. Uh. . . she said they bought a house together that it was small but it was fine for them. And
uh.. . then I find out later. . .Benetta said when we
  were down there that she put $10,000 down on it but
he gave it back to her she said. They broke up
apparently in January of. . .January 29th of 95. ..

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