ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION.  DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON JULY 6, 1996 BY HIS LANDLORD.  AT THAT TIME HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE AREA OF HIS RESIDENCE.  ON JULY 7, 1996 ABOUT 5:06 A.M., WHEN THE LANDLORD RETURNED HOME FROM WORK HE CHECKED DECEASED AND FOUND HIM SITTING IN A CHAIR, UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED FOUND HIM D.O.A. 

DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FEBRUARY 20, 1996 AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS LEG AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR.  HE WAS PRESENTLY ON CRUTCHES. 

DECEASED BROTHER STATED, HE WAS A HOMELESS PERSON PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THAT WAS A CRACK COCAINE ABUSER.  HE ALSO WAS A DRINKER.      


                        ** REFILED ON OCTOBER 21, 1996 **  BAR