     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS EMPLOYED AS A COOK AT AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER. ON MONDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1996, HE COMPLAINED TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF HAVING STOMACH PAINS EARLIER IN THE DAY. HE REPORTEDLY WENT IN THE THE FAMILY ROOM TO LIE DOWN FOR A WHILE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER HIS MOTHER CHECKED IN ON HIM, FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE  WITH NO PULSE, NOT BREATHING. SHE CALLED FOR HELP, FAMILY MEMBERS RESPONDED, THEN FIRE RESCUE UNITS. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY FIRE RESCUE AT 7:50 PM. 
     ACCORDING TO HIS MOTHER, THE DECEASED SIS NOT HAVE A MEDICAL HISTORY, HE WAS NOT UNDER THE CARE OF A DOCTOR, WAS NOT TAKING ANY MEDICATION.  SHE DID ADVISE POLICE OF AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED ONE DAY LAST WEEK. THE DECEASED COMPLAINED OF HAVING STOMACH PAINS AND OTHER STOMACH PROBLEMS AS WELL AS DIARRHEA WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO SOME BAD CABBAGE HE HAD EATEN EARLIER THAT DAY. THE CABBAGE WAS DISPOSED OF. 