     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON SEPTEMBER 29,1996 THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY  WENT TO LAY DOWN ON HIS BED FOR A WHILE.  SOMETIME LATER, HIS BROTHER FOUND HIM DEAD.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON BED, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE AND HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ABOUT THREE  (3) MONTHS AGO. HE HAD ALSO BEEN HOSPITALIZED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE PAST.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT  INCLUDED:  ISOSORBIDE, CAPTOPRIL, AND GLIPIZIDE.  HIS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN COULD NOT BE CONTACTED.
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     DR. GILBERTO PEREZ, 644-1097, WAS LATER CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED WAS UNDER HIS CARE AND THAT HE LAST SAW HIM ON SEPTEMBER 4,1996.  DIAGNOSES:  ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE.  LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY. DIABETES MELLITUS. HYPERTENSION. CARDIOMEGALY.  STATUS POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE HAD BEEN WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.