      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST 1996 FOR CHARGES OF BURGLARY, GRAND THEFT AND NARCOTICS.   HE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.
      ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996, HE WAS TAKEN TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WARD - D COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAINS AND A PRODUCTIVE COUGH FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.  HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, VOLUME DEPLETION AND FEVER. AN EKG REVEALED LEFT AXIIS DEVIATION, SINUS TACHY WAVE ABNORMALITY. A CHEST X-RAY SHOWED RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE INFILTRATE CARDIOMEGALY.  TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED BUT HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED - HIS LUNGS WERE RHONCHI AND MIXED WHEEZES AND HIS COUGH CONTINUED.. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.  ON NOVEMBER 20, 1996, HE BECAME ASYSTOLIC AND CPR WAS ADMINISTERED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:30 A.M..