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SUPPLEMENT/CONTINUATION
FL0520300/Clearwater Police Department
Report No.
95-29158
Offense
Death Investigation
S
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 !.V. and it won’t draw or we
S 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 S 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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