     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL RECORDS AND RECORDS FROM THE NURSING CENTER AT MERCY, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A NURSING HOME RESIDENT WHO HAD HISTORY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, HYPERTENSION, RIGHT FACIAL CELLULITIS, RIGHT EXTERNAL OTITIS MEDIA, POST COLONIC CANCER AND BLINDNESS. WAS AN INPATIENT AT MERCY HOSPITAL FROM JUNE 23,1996 TO JULY  10,1996 WHEN SHE WAS TRANSFERED TO THE NURSING CENTER AT MERCY.  ON JULY 16,  SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE BOTH LEGS SWOLLEN,  CALL PLACED TO HER PHYSICIAN. ON JULY 17, AT ABT. 2:15 AM., SHE WAS FOUND LYING ON HER LEFT SIDE ON FLOOR, NEXT TO BED WITH SKIN TEAR ON LEFT FOREARM AND A BRUISE ON LEFT FOREHEAD.  SHE WAS ASSISTED BACK TO BED WHERE SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE HEAD. HER PHYSICIAN WAS CALLED AND HE ADVISED TO TAKE HER TO MERCY HOSPITAL, E.R. FOR X-RAYS AND FURTHER EVALUATION.
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     AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM SHE WAS AWAKE, BABBLING, AND MOANING.  A CT SCAN OF THE HEAD FAILIED TO SHOW ANY FRACTURES, JUST A SWELLING TO THE LEFT FRONTAL REGION REPRESENTING A SCALP HEMATOMA.  DURING THE FOLLOWING DAYS THE DECEASED WAS NOTED TO HAVE SLURRED SPEECH, URINE INCONTINENCY, WAS CONGESTED, WEAK AND PALE.  NON-RESPONSIVE TO NAME, BUT RESPONSIVE TO PAINFUL STIMULI.  ON JULY 29, RESULTS OF CHEST X-RAYS PREVIOUSLY DONE SHOWED PULMONARY EDEMA AND CONGESTED HEART FAILURE. AS PER DOCTOR'S ORDER, SHE WAS SENT TO MERCY HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED AT 7:15 PM.  HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND EXPIRED. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11:10 P.M.     FAMILY HAD SIGNED "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" PAPERS.