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intimidated her into maybe saying things to me that, if they weren’t there, she may have responded otherwise.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Price:
Such as.. .for example. . .asking her.. .you know.. . “Lisa,
do you need help. . .do you want our help. . .do you want my help?” I felt at that point that maybe she would’ve
responded. This is my own personal feeling. . . that she
would have maybe said “Yeah, I. . .1 think I need some
help.. .something’s wrong here with me”. But she denied
to me and that’s what I have to go by.. .that. . .that
anything was wrong.
Det. Sudler: If a person would come to the hospital in a state of crisis that might be. . .might not meet the Baker Act criteria, what would the hospital do under certain circumstances like that? Is there a social service agency or somebody that they could refer that person to for. . .you know.. . outpatient counseling or something?
Price:
Right. I...I have at my disposal a list of referral
 services. . .resources. . .however you want to say it. But if. . .if someone doesn’t. . I mean I in fact did ask her did. . .did she want me to refer her to. . . to a doctor or. .or a therapist. And she responded no.
I mean I have. . I have access to. . .you know. . .a large
amount of information as far as doctors and therapists
go. And I could have and in fact would have liked to
refer. . .to have referred her to someone. But she said
that she didn’t want one and the people from the church
 assured us that she would be safe.
 Det.Sudler:
Was Lisa hostile toward you or.  .or the medical staff?
I mean did she appear that she didn’t want your help?
 Price:
Was she hostile? No, she was not hostile. I would
say that she was kind of passive. And as I said before,
she was slow to respond to my questions. She seemed a

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