     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 24, 1996 A FRIEND OF DECEASED BROUGHT HIM LUNCH.  HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THE DECEDENT ANSWERED AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE DOOR WHEN HE SUDDENLY FELL AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  HIS FRIEND CALLED THE APARTMENT MANAGER WHO OPENED THE DOOR AND FOUND THE DECEASED WITH HIS KNEES ON THE FLOOR AND HIS UPPER TORSO RESTING ON THE SOFA.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD AT 12:53 PM.
     THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF TOBACCO AND ETHANOL ABUSE AND WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. SANTI ESTABAN (691-2000) OF C.A.C AND TREATED FOR MILD ATRIAL HYPERTENSION AND INTERMITTEN CLAUDICATION .  THE DECEASED HAS A BROTHER IN A NRUSING HOME AND AN UNKNOWN DAUGHTER IN MIAMI.
     ACCORDING TO A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED HE HAD BEEN BEDRIDDEN FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER FALLING AT HOME ABOUT THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.  DURING HIS LAST FALL ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO HE SUSTAINED A CUT OVER HIS LEFT EYE AND WAS TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (MR# 2507749).  
     ON APRIL 1, 1996 THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DRINKING AND FELL AT HOME STRICKING HIS HEAD.  HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT FOREHEAD WITH A HEMATOMA AND WAS TREATED AT JMH.  A CT BRAIN REVEALED NO BLEED, BUT ATROPHY AND HYPOTENSITY IN THE RIGHT PONS THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN INFARCT OF INDETERMINATE AGE WAS NOTED.  ALSO PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER DISEASE WAS NOTED. 
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: TRENTAL, TOPROL AND HYTRIN.