     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO THE MIAMI GARDENS CENTER NURSING HOME ON JUNE 17, 1996 WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE.  ON SEPT. 11, 1996 HE FELL WHILE WALKING FROM HIS BED TO THE BATHROOM AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  
      HE ARRIVED ALERT AND ORIENTED AND EXHIBITED SOME PARALYSIS.  HE WAS ASSESSED WITH A FRONTAL BILATERAL HEAD LACERATION AND A CLOSED NECK FRACTURE VIA X-RAY.  SPINE X-RAY AND CAT SCAN OF SPINE REVEALED ROTATION FRACTURE OF C-3 - C-4 WITH SUBLUXATION.  CHEST AND PELVIC X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND SO WAS A CT BRAIN SCAN.
     HE WAS ADMITTED TO NSICU AND PLACED IN TRACTION.  ON SEPT. 13, 1996 ABOUT 2:30 AM HE SUDDENLY WENT INTO AGONAL RESPIRATION AND BECAME BRADYCARDIC.  OXYGEN WAS INCREASED TO 100% AND HE IMPROVED.  THE BRADYCARDIA STOPPED, BUT HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE EXCEPT FOR OPENING HIS EYES WHEN SPOKEN TO.  HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED AND HIS FAMILY ADVISED THAT NO HEROIC MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN AND MADE HIM A DO NOT RESUSCITATE PATIENT IN ACCORDANCE TO HIS LIVING WILL.  ON SEPT. 14, 1996 AT 12:49 PM HE WAS WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.