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back room. . .you know. . .where she can be. . .you know... away from all -the hoo ha of the Emergency Room and
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just a nice quiet place where.. .you know.. .she won’t
get upset. The last thing she needs right now is... you know.. .to.. . to get upset about being in a hospital setting”. So he goes “That’s okay, I’ll take care of
it”.
Det.
Sudler:
Was there any discussion of meningitis at that point?
Johnson:
No. . .no. . .she didn’t look that sick.
Det.
Sudler:
Okay. Where did that come into.. . into play. . .that
meningitis was possible suspect?
Johnson:
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Well, I was trying to find some explanation for how
she could have gone downhill so fast.. .1 mean. . .1 was
like shocked.. .1 was just “What?”.. .you know.. .how...
how could this have happened. So.. .1 mean. . . she looked
sick but not terribly sick at 7:00 in the evening. And
by 10:00 at night she’s dead.
Det.
Sudler:
Yeah. -
Johnson:
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I thought my God, what infections do I know of that
I can add so I can put this together and make sense
-,of this. I thought God.. .could she have.. -.could she
-
have like meningococcal meningitis going on. That’s
something that moves that fast and it’s that vicious.
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And then I happened to- know that it was running around
the county. . . that there were a few cases of it in the
- - -
-county. And I thought’ oh no. . .this is.. .is this what
we’re -looking at here.
Det.
Sudler:
Yeah. From what I understand, it does move pretty
-
-
fast.
Johnson:
Oh yeah. It can...itcankill in hours. So that’s
- -
.. .that’s how I got that idea. - - - -
Det.,
Sudler:-
Okay. - - -
Johnson:
I’ve since been told by Mr. Johnson that she actually

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