     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED SUFFERED FROM HYPERTENSION, HIGH CHOLESTROL, DIABETES MELLITUS AND ARTHRITIS. SURGICAL HISTORY: S/P TURP. 
     NOVEMBER 24, 1996 THE DECEASED PREPARED A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES ALONG WITH ALCOHOL IN ORDER TO RUB HIS BODY WHICH HE DID. AT ONE POINT, HE LIT A CANDLE AND A FIRE IGNITED WHICH CAUSED THE DEC'D TO BURN HIMSELF. BURNS WERE SUSTAINED OVER HIS CHEST, BACK AND UPPER EXTREMITIES. HE DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL ON THIS DAY, HOWEVER HE DID RESPOND TO PAN AMERICAN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1996 AFTER HE AWOKE AND OBSERVED BLISTERS OVER HIS UPPER TORSO. BURNS WERE CALCULATED AT 67% TBSA. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BY MEDICAR.
     UPON ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE WAS ADMITTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND POOR PROGNOSIS. BURNS WERE RE-CALCULATED AT 25% TBSA. OTHER DIAGNOSIS INCLUDED A POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY INJURY. HE WAS KEPT WITH SUPPORTIVE CARE, HOWEVER HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND HYPOTENSIVE WITH POOR CARDIAC STATUS. DECEMBER 4, 1996 HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO SIGNS OF LIFE, HE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 2:30 P.M..

                                                       REFILED JANUARY 21, 1997  (NLJ)