   ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN SEEN BY HIS FRIENDS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  ON TODAY'S DATE, THEY SUMMONED POLICE TO CHECK ON HIS WELL BEINGS.  UPON POLICE ARRIVAL, THE DOOR WAS SECURED WITH SEVERAL LOCKS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR. THEREFORE, AN OFFICER CRAWLED ACROSS THE BALCONY AND GAINED ENTRANCE.   THE DECEASED WAS FOUND IN HIS  BEDROOM IN A SLIGHTLY DECOMPOSED STATE.
    HE WAS A VETERAN AND HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. CHAKKA AT VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL.  HE WAS LAST SEEN ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO AND HAD A HISTORY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND CHRONIC PULMONARY LUNG DISEASE.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: CIMETIDINE, DIGOXIN, ISOSORBIDE, WARFARIN, FUROSEMIDE, AMLODIPINE ANDGLYBURIDE.