     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 21, 1996 THE DECEASED RESPONDED TO DR. ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE WHO WAS HER DENTIST. SHE COMPLAINED OF ORAL PAIN AND STATED THAT SHE HAD USED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (STRAIGHT). X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE, HOWEVER SHE HAD BURNED HER LABIAL FLANGE. THE DOCTOR GAVE HER AN ORAL ANESTHESIA AND ATTEMPTED A ROOT CANAL HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CANAL. BECAUSE OF HER INSURANCE PLAN, THE VISIT WAS RE-SCHEDULED AND HE ADVISED HER TO DILUTE THE PEROXIDE IN THE FUTURE.
     OCTOBER 23, 1996 AT APPROX 4:00 A.M. THE DECEASED AWOKE COMPLAINING OF TROUBLE BREATHING AND BACK PAIN. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE FELT AS THOUGH SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. (ACCORDING TO HER HUSBAND, SINCE SHE HAD A PRIOR APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED WITH HER REGULAR PHYSICIAN FOR LATER THAT MORNING, THEY DECIDED TO DELAY SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION).
     AT APPROX 7:30 A.M. LATER THAT MORNING, THE DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED BY HER HUSBAND WHO AWOKE AND FOUND HER LYING IN THE HALLWAY EXPIRED. HE SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. KATZ SINCE MARCH 10, 1993 FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM AND HISTORY OF DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. MAY 1996 SHE COMPLAINED OF DIZZY SPELLS. AFTER A COMPLETE WORK-UP, MILD ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE WAS NOTED. HE LAST SAW HER ON OCTOBER 14, 1996 AT WHICH TIME SHE HAD A COMPLETE PHYSICAL, HOWEVER EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED TOMEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE INCLUDED: MOTRIN, LEVOTABS, SYNTHROID AND ELAVIL.