This debrief document is written by an unnamed Scientologist, who
allegedly was working on an internal Scientology investigation into
the death of Lisa McPherson.
It consists of a summary of the participation of 10 different people
in Lisa McPherson's babywatch. I have deduced from the Heather Hoff
section was she the "babywatcher" for the last three days of Lisa's
life.
The document is not dated, but I believe the statements contained
within show that it was compiled on Dec 5th, the same day as the
explicitly dated Minkoff telephone debrief document.
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Heather Hoff -
Starter[1] staying with Lisa 1 week ago wednesday. She started
at 400PM and was on flat out 'till 1:30pm on thursday. While
Heather was with her Lisa was not vilent[1], she tried to trip
heather a couple of times but no other real aggression. She ate
some food and took some vitamins at the time. She was very
active at the time and was moving around the room a lot.
Heather was then off and the next day While the the[1] Dir RAP
and Dir I & R were with her Lisa became very violent. Heather
was called back over as Lisa had not been violent when she was
there. Once Heather arrived the Dentist was there and got 0 - 12
asprin[1] down her throat. Also possibly got her to take benadril (a
sleeping pill)
Heather was then off until 3 days ago when she was put back
on. Once she returned to the room she found that Lisa was pale,
weak and slept more. Per heather Lisa has not been active in the
last 3 days.
During the last 2 days Heather attempted to give her food.
sometimes she would eat and sometimes she would just spit it out.
Per Heather she also had a lot of bruises on her legs, feet,
arms, etc from kicking things hitting the walls etc.
Today, most of the day Lisa was in bed to saying anything or
not moving, she was breathing. She was given a bath.
heather left to go to dinner when Laura arrived. Laura said
Lisa looked sick and should go to the doctors.
Rita Edwards (Boykin)
Rita was first on the watch Sunday/Monday 26 and 27th of
November. At that time Lisa was extremely agitated and active.
She was combative with the other girls staying with her and would
ramble on about things, occasionally threatanlng[1] to attack them.
Rita was then off for a few days, and then came back onto it
last Thursday, 30 Nov. At that time she noticed that Lisa was
not walking around much and sat on the bed quite a bit. She
reported that she was weak and not eating much at all. Couple of
days ago she seemed to be doing better. However the last 24 hours
a has noticeably dropped wieght[1].
Last 24 hours Lisa had a swollen jaw on the left side of the
face and when attempting to feed her complained about paid[1] in the
throat. Rita did administer magnesium shots to Lisa including
today.
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Lesly Woodcraft-
Was with Lisa for 1 night, two weeks ago on 24 November. She
said that Lisa was extremely aggitated and moved around the room
a lot. She got aggitated a couple of times while Lesly was there
and slapped Janis Johnson several times through out the night.
She did not sleep that night. She was very non-coherent and
would chatter continuously while she was there. She also spent a
lot of time in the bathroom turning the water on and off and
banging the shower hose around. She then got herself drenched and
sprayed water all over the room. Floor got wet. At this point
once Joan arrived Lesly went out to get dry clothes for Lisa.
Joan Stevens -
She was also with Lisa for one day the same day and came in
to replace Lesly. When she got there, Lisa was. awake and
agitated, she became more agitated and became violent towards
Joan, Poking her in the eye and attempting to do it several
times. She then attacked Joan with a potted plant in the room,
which they took away from her. She then started to hit at things
in the room and broke a lamp hanging from the ceiling. There was
then glass all over the floor. She then became more and more
violent and broke more glass in the bathroom. She then went and
got back on her bed and then jumped off landed on the wet floor
and then hit her head on the floor. She then attempted to hit her
head again on the floor which the watch prevented her from doing.
At this point security was called in and she was gotten onto bar
bed and the room was cleared, all towel bars, hair dryers,
glasses etc were removed. The room was then cleaned up.
Barbro Wenberg -
Came in at the tail end of the above. She also was also with
Lisa for one day. Nothing more happened once she was there other
than Lisa being aggitated.
Patrica Stracener -
Was with Lisa for one.night I December from 10:00pm to 300
amWhen[1] Patricia arrived Lisa was asleep. Patricia started to
clean the room, Lisa then woke up and started to become aggitated
came up and slapped Patty several times. Patty would push her
arms back down to her side. She was very incoherent and rambling
on. Lisa then got sick and vomited. Patty got scared so she
called in security who said that it was fine. They cleaned it
up. Per Patty Lisa was always moving around.
Kenya Smyth -
Was with Lisa for 2 nights, 24th of Nov. First night she
arrived Lisa was very agitated and Kenya helped calm her down.
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and then Lisa fell asleep. She then slept for 8 hours. The next
night when Kenya arrived,, Lisa was babling[1] on a lot and talking
and was very agitated. She moved around the room a lot. Later
Hiede Sesary arrived, another watch member, to replace Valerie
Demange. She was not as good with Lisa so Kenya got Valerie back
into the room.
Valerie Damage -
Was with Lisa for a few days within about 3 days of Lisa's
arrival. Lisa was very aggitated[1] at the time and moved around
lot[1]. Valraie[1] was then off for a 2 days and then put back on,
when she got back she noticed that Lisa looked very tired and had only
been getting 3 - 5 hours of sleep per night. She was taking
Vitamins and protein drink.
Laura Arrunada - MLO Asst.
Laura started with Lisa two weeks ago. Lisa at this time
was very stirng[1] and fighting all the time, walking, talking,
cleaning the walls, sticking her hands in her mouth alot[1]. There
were 3 staff with Lisa. Lisa was with Silvia at first and later
with Valerie and then with Rita. The first week she was still
very strong and kicking and fighting.
Lisa was eating at some times and other times was putting
the food on the floor. She[1] was eating bits at a time. The girls
helped her to eat and drink and tried to help her keep eating by
offering it to her.
Laura was off for 5 days and then started again last
Saturday. Lisa was less strong and sitting and walking more. She
was sitting and laying on the floor, rolling around, walking and
talking non-sequitor[1] That day she got a magnesium shot and she
slept and the next day she was better and not talking non-
sequitor[1]. She was only drinking protein shakes and not eating
much solid foods. She was then two days looking better and was
sleeping this week and talking to Laura at times in PT and
watching her Then two days later - yesterday she was refusing
the protein shake and when Laura arrived today she was looking
bad, she was not moving her body. Laura took her to give her a
shower. After the shower she was sleeping. Laura was watching
her to see that her expiratory range was OK. Her respiratory
range and pulse was OK. Laura told Janis that Lisa was not
eating and maybe needed an IV. Janis came to see her and saw she
was looking bad. Today her skin color changed to ivory color
and looked septic. Janis called the SHR C/S Office and called to
Dr Minkoff to get Ok to bring Lisa there to the hospital. Two
days ago Lisa was helping to put her clothes on and then
deteriorated in the last 24 hours very badly. IT was when Laura
arrived today that she noticed her doing bad.
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Lisa had been sleeping better for the last 3 nights so had
not been given any chloral hydrate in the last 3 days. SHe[1] was
being given magnesium injections however.
Janis Johnson - MLO
LIsa[1] arrived at the FH on 18 Nov, after being gotten out of
Morton Plant. Suzanne Schuremberger stayed with her the first
weekend. Lisa was agitated and got violent with Suzanne over the
weekend. Janis also knows that Lisa got violent with other
people who were staying with her (including Janis). People were
staying with Lisa to make sure she did not hurt herself and that
she ate and slept. Lisa thought Janis was a psych and would get
very enturbulated and violent when Janis came to check on her, so
Janis would just check with the people staying with Lisa how she
was doing. Janis got Lisa herbs and chloral hydrate to help her
sleep, which she was starting to do the last 3 days, until she
got sick.
Tonight, Janis was given a message when she got into the
office at 7:OOPM that Laura needed her. She went to the cabana
and saw that Lisa was septic and had bruises on her body which
looked like they were from and[1] infection and were not healing
properly. Laura said she had looked like that when she first saw
her today at 5PM. She ran and talked to Alain at that time and
discussed with him what they could do. They both called Dr.
Minkoff and told him that Lisa was septic and that she needed
antibiotics. He said that be would have to see Lisa before
giving her antibiotics and that they should bring bar to see him
at New Port Richey hospital, but that he would only be there
until 10. Janis went and got directions to the New Port Richey
hospital from Emma and arranged for Paul Greenwood to come along
to help. She went back to the cabana and helped Laura get Lisa
ready to go. Lisa had had diarhea[1], so Janis helped Lisa change
her. Janis noticed that Lisa had lost a lot of weight. Janis
told Lisa they were taking bar to Dr. Minkoff. Lisa acted like
she hurt everywhere, but was not hostile and acknowledged Janis
in a friendly way.
Paul and Laura lifted Lisa into Janis" van and sat in the
back with her. Janis drove. It took 45 minutes to get to the
hospital. At one point janis[1] heard Lisa's breathing get fast
and harsh for 10 - 15 seconds and then go back down.
When they got to the hospital Janis opened the door to the
van and saw Lisa. She thought that she still had some
circulation from the way her skin looked. She got an orderly and
nurse to come and get her. They put her in a wheelchair. Janis
could see that Lisa's blood pressure was very low. Her skin
still had color and she thought she saw Lisa breathing. Later,
she was standing outside the emergency room where Dr. Minkoff was
working on Lisa and saw the EKG screens which showed no signs of
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Because of the way Lisa's skin looked, Janis thinks she had
a severe infection like meningitis. Minkoff thought the same
thing and is having a blood test done. Minkoff asked Janis why
she hadn't brought Lisa in earlier and Janis said that Lisa had
not looked this sick before today.
The hospital staff wanted to know basic information about
Lisa, social security number, address, etc but Janis had left in
such a hurry she forgot Lisa's purse and did not know any of this
data. This had to be called in for.
Paul Greenwood:
SSO Paul Greenwood was called tonight and told to go assist
Janis Johnson take someone to the hospital who was sick. He went
to the cabana, saw Lisa there with Laura A. Janis had gone to
get the car. When he saw Lisa she was awake, but looked very
sick and was breathing heavily. He asked Laura what they were
going to do and she said they were going to take Lisa to the
hospital. He and Laura tried to have Lisa walk between them,
but she was too tick, so be carried her to the car. He sat in the
back with Lisa and Laura and Janis drove. Paul did not know
which hospital they were going to. It took about 45 minutes to
get there. On the way to the hospital, Lisa's breathing became
labored and then got fainter and fainter just before they
arrived. When they got to the New Port Richey hospital Janis
went in to get a doctor. An orderly took Lisa into the hospital
in a wheelchair. That is the last he saw her.
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[1] - Errors known to be in original documents
Michael Reuss
Honorary Kid