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here and. . . as a sideline thing. And so I had met
her before about. . .talking to her about whether there
would be any patients that I could get uh. .. from...
from people she knew who would. . .who had herniated
disks or back problems.. .who could. . .who’d be
interested in my clinic.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. How did she get involved with Lisa. . .you
know.. . that evening?
Minkoff:
Well, as far as I know, she as working at the church
and she umm. . .1 don’t know whether Lisa was. . .was
directly there or.. .I’m not sure what Lisa’s living
situation was. Umm. . .and that she was I guess called
to see her under some circumstances. And I don’t know
what those are either.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Minkoff: .
Umm. . .but she knew I worked at the Emergency Room
and she’d actually called me maybe an hour before
they came and said that she had a patient there who
was sick and could she bring her up to the Emergency
Room. . . who looked extremely sick and could she bring
her up to the Emergency Room. And I said “Yeah, we’re
. . .we’re available”. .
Det. Sudler:
Did she tell you she suspected anything?
Minkóff:
She said that she looked ill. . .that she had a big
weight loss. . .that she looked dehydrated. . .uh...
that she suspected she might have.. .be septic...
which means she had a bacterial infection. Uh...
and could she bring her up to the hospital. And.
I said...”Yeah”. . .1 mean...”Sure”. • .
Sgt. Teunis:
Did she refer to Lisa as a patient?
Minkoff:
I didn’t know who the name was and I didn’t know
if.. .you know.. .I didn’t know what her relationship

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