    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 31, 1996, THE DECEASED WOKE UP COMPLAINING OF BEING DIZZY.  ABT. 5:00A.M., HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  HIS WIFE CALLED FIRE RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND UPON ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS DAUGHTER, HE HAS BEEN TREATED BY DR. THERESA CARDOSA FOR HEART DISEASE.  DR. CARDOSA WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM WAS ABT. 2 1/2 YEARS AGO.  HE HAS A HISTORY OF ETOH ABUSE, SEVERE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND WAS NON-COMPLIANT WITH MEDICATIONS.
    ACCORDING TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RECORDS,  (JMH PATIENT # 121-28-51) HE HAS A HISTORY OF OPEN HEART SURGERY SECONDARY TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, WITH ON BYPASS, APPENDECTOMY AND SURGERY TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND LEFT ARM.  ON FEBRUARY 24,1996, HE WAS ALSO BAKER ACT TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER HE STATED TO MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HE WAS GOING TO HANG HIMSELF. ACCORDING TO HIS  DAUGHTER,  HE WAS NOT SUICIDAL .