     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON DECEMBER 18,1996 AT 8:39 PM., FIRE RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED TO 2640 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, (A SAILBOAT AT MERRILL STEVENS SAILBOAT) IN REFERENCE TO A CARDIAC ARREST.   UPON ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE THEY FOUND THE DECEASED IN ASYSTOLE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MERCY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:30 PM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH FIXED AND DILATED PUPILS, WITH A PULSE OPF 156 AND A BLOOD PRESSURE OF 230/150.  HE REMAINED COMATOSE UNDER RESPIRATORY SUPPORT, HIS CONDITION DETERIORATING UNTIL DECEMBER 20,1996, WHEN HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:44 PM.   CLINICAL DIAGNOSES: UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING.  SHOCK.  ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. LIVER FAILURE.



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