     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 25, 1996 MIAMI BEACH POLICE UNIFORMED OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED REFERENCE A DISORIENTED ELDERLY MALE. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THE DECEASED BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS OUT IN THE STREET STATING "HE COULD'NT FIND HIS WAY HOME". OFFICERS RETURNED HIM HOME, AT WHICH TIME THE DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED EXPIRED INSIDE THE APARTMENT. SHE WAS FOUND LYING ON HER RIGHT SIDE UNDER A TELEVISION TABLE, NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA. FIRE-RESCUE ALSO RESPONDED AND OBSERVED THAT SHE APPEARED TO HAVE COUGHED UP BLOOD AND HAD A SMALL AMOUNT ON HER RIGHT HAND.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. STEVEN SCHNUR . HAD BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST FOR EPISODES OF DIZZINESS AND HAD AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM WHICH WAS NEGATIVE. 