     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DECEASED'S NEPHEW, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY LIVED ALONE.  SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON OCTOBER 11,1996, BY HER NEPHEW, AND THEY LAST SPOKE ON THE PHONE ON OCTOBER 14 OR 15.   NEPHEW STATED THAT SHE DID NOT EXPRESS ANY COMPLAINTS.   ON OCTOBER 18,1996 AT 10:30 PM., HER NEPHEW RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE AND OBTAINING NO RESPONSE AT THE DOOR, LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW AND OBSERVED THE DECEASED LAYING ON THE FLOOR.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED. 
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED LYING SUPINE ON FLOOR, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA, BODY IN SLIGHT DECOMPOSITION.  ACCORDING TO THE NEPHEW THE DECEASED WAS IN GOOD HEALTH FOR HER AGE, NOT KNOWN TO HAVE ANY HEART DISEASE OR DIABETES.  WAS A SMOKER.  LAST TIME HE TOOK HER TO A DOCTOR WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OR MORE, FOR EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEMS. TWO VIALS OF MEDICATIONS THAT WERE FOUND IN HER RESIDENCE WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT.  NO PRESCRIPTION LABELS ON IT, JUST A LABEL WITH MEDICATION NAME TYPED. VASOTEC AND ANTIVERT.