     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 9, 1996 THE DECEASED HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING ALL DAY.  SHE HAD A HISTORY OF EMPHYSEMA FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.  ABOUT 3:30 AM, AUG. 10, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS HAVING GREATER DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND AT 4:22 AM SHE STOPPED BREATHING ALL TOGETHER.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, BUT PRONOUNCED HER DEAD UPON ARRIVAL.
     SHE WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. BURKE (947-7744) AND HE TREATED HER FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE AND TWO DECUBITI.  SHE WAS PRESCRIBED PERPHENAZINE & AMITRIPTYLINE, MINITRAN, NIFEDIPINE, FUROSEMIDE, PREMARIN AND PROCARDIA.

     *FAMILY ADVISED DECEASED DID NOT WANT AN AUTOPY IN THE EVENT OF HER DEATH.*