Minutes later in an interrogation room, Onil got his answer from a detective, and it floored him.

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He was questioned in his Boston hospital room by a special interrogation team for high-value suspects.

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There was no recording of the interrogation, no one else was in the room or watching from a two-way mirror, and Saldate said he threw away his notes shortly after completing his report.

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