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in the Fall I started on a major charity drive for the Red Cross and for St. Vincent DePaul. And so I was like working around the clock between the office and the house and this major charity drive. So I have to tell you I wasn’t around a lot during the Fall.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Slaughter:
So.. .1 mean. . .1 was literally.. .it’s like a major
drive. So I was a bit. . .a bit off of the beaten path at that point.. .so...
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Umm. . .1 guess moving. . .you know.. .up to the
time of her accident that she had. . . can you tell me how you first heard about that?,
Slaughter:
Umm.. .yeah. I was coming down.. .what’s the name of
that street. . .that street whatever it is.. .and I saw her car and a policeman was parked behind it. So I pulled over and said “Do you know where the girl who has the car is?” At first I looked in the car and she wasn’t in there. So I asked him if he knew where
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the girl who was in the car was. And he asked me •if
I was Benetta, which kinda’ surprised me and like “How do you ,know who I am?” So he said he had tried’ to call me. I go “Where is Lisa?” and that’s when he told me that she had gone to the hospital.
Det.
Sudler:
Okay.
Slaughter: So that’s how I heard about it.
Det. Sudler:
The officer tried to call you?
Slaughter:
Uh Huh. Lisatold him to call me to come get her
car.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Slaughter:
Or, to have her car towed or something...
Det. Sudler:
And this was at the accident scene?
Slaughter:
Uh Huh.
Det. Sudler:
Was it on Ft. Harrison? Is that familiar?

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