Prosecution Summary - Janet Merle Herring

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                       CLEARWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT
                   FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
                         CRIMINAL PROSECUTION SUMMARY


            CPD#:                  95-29158
            FDLE#:                 CL-O1-0002
            DATE OF OFFENSE:       November 18, 1995 to December 5, 1995



            WITNESS
            NAME:                   Janet Merle Herring
            ADDRESS:                551 N. Saturn Ave.
                                    Clearwater, Fl. 33756
            EMPLOYER:               Church of Scientology
            BUSINESS TX:            (813) 461-1282
            DATE OF INTERVIEW:      08/25/97
            INTERVIEWER:            ASA M. McGarry, Sgt. Andrews, SA Strope
            LOCATION OF INTERVIEW:  Pinellas County State Attorney's Office
            ATTORNEY:               Robert Polli


                               WITNESS CAN TESTIFY TO

            o  contacting the registration desk the day after Lisa's arrival and informing them
               that Lisa was not to be disturbed.
            o  viewing Lisa's PC folder the night of Lisa's death and trying to determine what
               happened to Lisa.
            o  observing caretaker reports in Lisa's PC folder on December 5, 1995.
            o  arranging isolation for the staff that took care of Lisa immediately after Lisa's
               death.
            o  conversing with Janis Johnson on December 5,1995, sometime between
               3:45pm and 4:00pm, Johnson looked concerned, distraught, worried, a bit
               white, and had a strange look on her face.
            o  Johnson making the following statements on December 5,1995 at 3:45pm

                 1  "I'm worried about Lisa".
                 2. "She's doing worse".
                 3. "She's not doing well".
                 4. "I'm going to take her to the Hospital".
                 5. "Lisa had gotten dehydrated and was losing water".





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