     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED WAS REPORTEDLY A SELF-EMPLOYED TATTO ARTIST WHO WAS  LAST SEEN ALIVE ON AUGUST 28,1996 AT ABOUT 6:00 PM., BY FRIENDS AND BY HIS DAUGHTER.  ON AUGUST 29, 1996 AT 4:20 PM., HE WAS FOUND EXPIRED, LYING SUPINE ON BED WITH HIS FEET ON THE FLOOR.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.   A BELT, THAT WAS FORMED INTO A LOOP WAS OBSERVED ON THE BED ALONG WITH A SPOON WITH POSSIBLE UNKNOWN RESIDUE LAYING ON THE DECEASED'S CHEST.  A PAPER WITH SUSPECTED HEROIN WAS ON THE NIGHT STAND DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE BED.  A COTTOM SWAB AND A BOTTLE OF WATER WERE ALSO SEEN NEXT TO THE BED.  HIS BODY HAD EXTENSIVE TATTOES AND POLICE WERE UNABLE TO OBSERVE ANY NEEDLE MARKS.  NO NEEDLES FOUND ON THE SCENE.  THE SUSPECTED SUBSTANCE WAS IMPOUNDED BY POLICE.  AS PER DAUGHTER,  HE HAD A PRIOR DRUG HABIT.


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