     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY MALE WHO LIVED ALONE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1996, HIS SISTER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HIM, SHE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE TO THE DOOR SO SHE CONTACTED POLICE.  THEY USED A PASS KEY TO GAIN ENTRY, FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVING ROOM WITH NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA.   
     POLICE WERE ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER AND AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE PAST FOR HEART PROBLEMS AND A MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, PLEURAL EFFUSION AND ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION. 
     HIS MEDICATION OF GLUCOTROL, GLIPIZIDE, CHLORPROPRAMIDE, MONOPRIL AND FERROUS SULFATE WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE REMAINS. 