     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS AN EX-DRUG USER (HEROIN ADDICT) WHO WAS SUPPOUSIVELY REHABILITATED FOR THE PAST TWO (2) YEARS.  ON AUGUST 4,1996 AROUND 3:00 PM., THE DECEASED AND A FRIEND MET AT THE AMERICAN LEGION BAR, WHERE HE HAD 3-4 DRINKS OF JACK DANIELS WITH WATER ON SIDE.  HE STAYED AT THE PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND LATER WENT TO A FRIEND'S RESIDENCE. HE WENT TO THE RESTROOM AND WHEN HE REMAINED THERE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, FRIEND WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE, ON A SITTING POSITION ON BATHROOM FLOOR WITH SHOULDERS AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF SHOWER STALL.  HE STRUCK HIM ON THE CHEST AND SHOOK HIM IN AND ATTEMPT TO REVIVE HIM, BUT TO NO AVAIL; HE THEN PULLED HIM OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND ATTEMPTED CPR UNTIL HE REALIZED THAT THE DECEASED HAD EXPIRED.  THE OWNER OF THE RESIDENCE RESPONDED ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LATER AND SUMMONED RESCUE, WHO UPON ARRIVAL FOUND DECEASED EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON BEDROOM WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  FRIEND REPORTED TO POLICE THAT THE DECEASED ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS HAD BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT AMPHETAMINES " DELADA" THAT HE COULD GET THEM FOR  $ 25.00 ON HE STREET.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT FOR THE LENGHT OF TIME THAT HE HAD KNOWN THE DECEASED, HE HAD NOT SEEN THE DECEASED TO USE OR POSSESS DRUGS, INCLUDING THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT.

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