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Det. Sudler:
Okay. Did Lisa tell you that she had been seeing
this liaison?
McPherson:
No.
Det. Sudler: Okay. That was just later related to you. Okay. Umm.. . did Lisa have any condition that would cause her to bruise easily? Did you ever note.. .notice that about her?
McPherson:
  No, she never did and I don’t know about when she
 got a little older. But I never saw any bruises
on her.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
McPherson:
I... I don’t guess she bruised easy. Now, Benetta
said she had a bruise on her leg.. .which somebody
had said. . .and I asked her about it. She said
well, she noticed it about a month before and Lisa
said she bumped it on her desk.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. But she wouldn’t.. .you wouldn’t classify her
as the type of person that would bruise easily...
you know...
McPherson:
No.
Det. Sudler:
Just by normal contact or anything like that?
McPherson:
No, I wouldn’t.
Det. Sudler:  Okay. Ummm. . .how did you learn about your daughter’s death?
McPherson:
Okay. Benetta called me. . .Lisa I understand died
at 9:30.. .between 9:30 and 10 on the 5th.. .the
evening of the 5th. Benetta called me around 2:00
the next day to tell me that she had died. And I
asked her what in the world happened. And she said
well, she started getting sick about noon and just
kept getting sicker and sicker. And they took her
on to the doctor. . .the hospital. But that was
contradicted later that.. .you know.. .she wasn’t

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