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SUPPLEMENT/CONTINUATION
FL0520300/Clearwater Police Department
Report No.
95-29158
Offense
Death Investigation
Date of Report
3/6/97
Pemberton: Yeah. Which again. .you know.. .you’d have to ask forensics people about that. I...I don’t know anything about forensics, so....
Det. Carrasquillo;
Okay. Umm. ..did you...! know you weren’t back there and
you said that you were going in and out...
Pemberton:
Back and forth.. .yeah.
Det. Carrasquillo:
Back and forth. Did you see anybody draw blood from her or
do you recall seeing anybody draw blood from her?
Pemberton:
I don’t recall. I’m sure somebody tried.
Pet. Carrasquillo:
Okay. Why would you say that?
Pemberton:
They tried to get I.V. access. If there was a code blue going
on, we always start to get I.V. access. Now, we don’t always
get blood. Sometimes we get an I.V. and it won’t draw or we
 feel like it’s more important to push drugs or whatever. But I didn’t observe any blood being drawn.
Det. Carrasquillo:
Okay. What about any conversation that night while you
were here.. .while she was here.. .of any kind of contagious disease?
Pemberton:
It seems like I heard Dr. Minkoff say something to the effect
of when he saw the petechia and stuff, he wondered about  sepsis or meningitis or something.
Det Carrasquillo:
Okay.
Pemberton:
It was, a.. .you know.. .just a thought that came out of his
mouth.. .you know.
Det. Carrasquillo:
But did anybody....
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