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join the church full time.

Q.
And I gather that you progressed through the
security program and were still a member of the —- or
involved with security when Lisa McPherson began her
stay at the hotel in November of ‘95?

A.
Yes.
Q.
Okay. Had you known Lisa McPherson prior to
her stay --

A.
No.
Q.
-- at the Cabana on that date?
A.
Not at all, no.
Q.
Okay. Did you have an occasion to be —-
how’d you learn that she was there?

A.
I received a phone call from some church
member. I believe it was Bonita Slaughter, her
employee, maybe her husband, I’m not sure, but somebody
called me on the phone and said Lisa had had some
situation and she had been taken to hospital. I
received that phone call. That’s how I first heard of
her, because I received a phone call.

Q.
And what was the purpose of her telling you
that?

A.
To -- I don’t know, to see if there’s any
help that could be -- to be gotten.

Q.
Well, was part of the conversation that Lisa
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