     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED SUFFERED FROM BIPOLAR DISORDER, CHRONIC DEPRESSION, SCHIZOPHRENIA, EPILEPSY, EMPHYSEMA AND BACK PAIN. HE WAS SEEN BY DR'S PEDEH AND SCWARTZ.  THE DECEASED HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED NUMEROUS MEDICATIONS WHICH ACCORDING TO HIS ROOMMATE, HE ABUSED BY TAKING IN EXCESS REGULARLY.
     THE DEC'D HAD A PREVIOUS EPISODE IN WHICH HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY JUMPING FROM THE ROOF OF A FOUR STORY BUILDING. HE SUFFERED BACK INJURIES. HIS FATHER ALSO REPORTEDLY KILLED HIMSELF.

     OCTOBER 3, 1996 AT APPROX 8:30 P.M. HE WAS IN THE KITCHEN COMPLAINING OF BEING STIFF DUE TO BACK PAIN.  HE WAS OVER-MEDICATED AND "OUT OF IT". HE STUMBLED ABOUT AND KNOCKED OVER PAPERS IN THE KITCHEN. AT APPROX 9:00 P.M. HE WAS TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE WITH FRIENDS AT WHICH TIME HIS ROOMMATE WENT TO BED. OCTOBER 4, 1996 AT 7:40 A.M. HIS ROOMMATE DISCOVERED HIM UNRESPONSIVE IN BED LYING FACE DOWN. HE TURNED HIM OVER AND SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM D.O.A..




SCENE OBSERVATIONS: THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A SUICIDE NOTE OR FOUL PLAY. MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED INCLUDE: B-COMPLEX, FIORICET, THORAZINE, PROCHLORPERAZINE, FLURAZEPAM, CHLORZOXAZONE, CARBAMAZEPINE, AXID, LOPERAMIDE, DIAZEPAM, NEURONTIN, PROPOXY, HYDROXYZINE, EFFEXOR AND TRIHEXYPHENIDYL.




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