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indicate that as of the following day Lisa was too weak to stand;
Heather Petzold’s testimony confirms that Lisa was too weak to walk on Saturday. While these same witnesses have recently
indicated that Lisa improved and regained some of her strength,
there is no documentation in the caretaker notes for Saturday and Sunday that this occurred. The previously mentioned report of
Marcus Quirino quotes Petzold as saying Lisa had not been active
for the last three days and that on the day of her death, “most
of the day Lisa was in bed not moving, she was beathing.” The testimony as to Lisa’s condition up until five p.m. is also
contradictory with some witnesses describing her as walking and talking and others describing her as unresponsive with eyes fixed
or unable to walk. At five p.m. her condition was such that Laura went to notifiy Janice that something was wrong.
Emma Schamerhorn testified that she talked with Janice Johnson on either Monday evening, December 4th, or Tuesday, morning December and Janice looked concerned and thought
Lisa looked septic. Janet Herring testified that she saw Janice
Johnson on Tuesday, December 5th and talked to her about Lisa
McPherson. Janice Johnson told her that she was worried about Lisa and that Lisa was doing worse and she was going to take her
to the hospital.
At the time Johnson was leaving the Ft. Harrison Hotel to
take Lisa to the hospital, Paul Greenwood helped to carry Lisa
from the room to the car. He described Lisa was breathing heavy


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