     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPT. 26, 1996 ABOUT 4:30 AM WHEN HIS DAUGHTER HELPED HIM TO THE BATHROOM.  AT 6:30 AM HE WAS FOUND DEAD.  HIS DAUGHTER ADVISED HE WAS SUFFERING WITH A SKIN DISEASE IN WHICH HE BLISTERED AND BLED.
     HIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN WAS DR. HARRIS (553-4233).  HE DIAGNOSED DECEASED WITH BULLOUS PEMPHIGUS AND WAS REFERRED TO DR. KERDEL.  ACCORDING TO DECEDENT'S DAUGHTER DR. KERDEL TREATED THE DECEASED WHILE HE WAS IN COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER FROM SEPT. 6, 1996 TO SEPT. 17, 1996.  
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: DOXEPIN, ZANTAC, PREDNISONE, HYDROXYZINE, HYDROCORTISONE AND TRIAMCINOLONE. 