     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND WAS LAST TREATED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AT SOUTH MIAMI  HOSPITAL AND JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, FOR LIVER PROBLEMS.
     DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE BY FRIENDS THE NIGHT OF JULY 23, 1996 AFTER HE HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVILY AND NEEDED TO BE CARRIED TO HIS ROOM.
     ON  JULY 24, 1996 NEIGHBORS KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND OBTAINED NO RESPONSE. THE MANAGER WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ENTERING THE RESIDENCE WITH THE HELP OF A KEY, THE DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE HIS APARTMENT EXPIRED.  HE WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA OR FOUL PLAY



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