     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ACCORDING TO THE DEC'D MOTHER, THE DECEASED HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM AND EAR INFECTION SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 1996. SHE HAD BECAME WARMER THAN USUAL AND LOST HER APPETITE AND BEAME SLUGGISH. SHE TRANSPORTED HER TO A "P.C.A." CLINIC IN THE AREA OF NORTHWEST 29TH STREET & 17TH AVENUE. THE TREATING PHYSICIAN REPORTEDLY DID'NT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.
     SINCE THE DEC'D CONDITION REMAINED UNCHANGED, ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 SHE REPORTEDLY TRANSPORTED HER TO ANOTHER CLINIC LOCATED AT NORTH MIAMI AVENUE & 29TH STREET WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THE DEC'D WAS SUFFERING FROM AN EAR INFECTION AND WAS PRESCRIBED AMOXIL (LIQUID ANTIBIOTIC) TO BE TAKEN THREE TIMES A DAY.
     SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 HER CONDITION HAD NOT IMPROVED SO SHE WAS TAKEN TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND ACCORDING TO THOSE RECORDS, THE DEC'D WAS BROUGHT INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY HER MOTHER  C/O COLD FOR ONE WEEK, LETHARGY AND REFUSING TO EAT. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IMPETIGO AND OTITIS MEDIA, THE MOTHER ALSO COMPLAINED THAT DEC'D MAY HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO CLINICAL EVIDENCE UPON EEXAMINATION.  ***AFTER TREATMENT AND BEFORE PRESCRIPTIONS WERE GIVEN, THE DEC'D MOTHER INSISTED SHE HAD TO LEAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HER OTHER CHILDREN. AFTER SHE DID'NT GET THEM IMMEDIATELY, SHE LEFT AGAINST E.R. PERSONNEL ADVICE. CHART ALSO STATES WHEN SHE FIRST ARRIVED TO THE AREA, THE MOTHER BECAME BELLIGERANT AFTER SHE HAD TO WAIT OVER 25 MINUTES. SECURITY WAS THEN CALLED. E.R. STAFF THEN TELEPHONED HER SISTER AND ALERTED HER THAT THE MOTHER NEEDED TO RETURN AND HAVE HER PROPERLY RELEASED.  AFTER NOT HEARING FROM THE MOTHER, H.R.S. WAS NOTIFIED.***  TWO OTHER SIBLINGS HAS ALSO DEVELOPED EAR INFECTIONS.

     SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 THE DEC'D HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF EAR AND HEADACHES ALL DAY AND SHE HAD DEVELOPED A COUGH AND RUNNY NOSE. SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 AT APPROX 3:20 A.M. METRO-DADE FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED TO A HOTEL LOCATED AT 10821 CARIBEAN WAY REFERENCE THE DEC'D HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DEC'D WAS  UNRESPONSIVE  AND WITH HOT SKIN TEMP. EKG SHOWING SINUS TACH.  C.P.R. WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE SHE ARRIVED AT 3:58 A.M.. C.P.R. WAS CONTINUED HOWEVER, TO NO AVAIL AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:57 A.M..

                               *** REFILED ON APRIL 26, 1997 ***  [BAR]