     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON THE EVENING OF JULY 22, 1996.  ON JULY 22, 1996 ABOUT 7:00 AM A FRIEND WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND SMELLED A FOUL ODOR.  THE MANAGER OPENED THE APARTMENT AND FOUND THE DECEASED DEAD ON THE COUCH IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.  
     HE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND SMOKER AND LAST SAW A DOCTOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.  HE ALSO HAD TWO HEART ATTACKS IN THE PAST.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: PROCAINAMIDE AND FUROSEMIDE.