     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A RESIDENT AT JACKSON HEIGHTS NURSING HOME WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED ON AUGUST 5, 1996 FROM WESTCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL. ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS WAS SEPTICEMIA, DECUBITUS ULCER AND CONVULSIONS.  SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 DECEASED WAS ASSESSED WITH INCREASED POTENTIAL TO FALLS RELATED TO SEIZURE ACTIVITY.

     SEPTEMBER 28, 1996 WHILE A RESIDENT AT JACKSON HEIGHTS NURSING HOME, THE DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED UNRESPONSIVE BY NURSING PERSONNEL. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL HE WAS D.O.A..  POLICE RESPONDED AND OBSERVED HIM WITH VISIBLE WOUNDS ON HIS FACE WHICH WERE APPARENTLY DUE FROM FALLS. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE, HOWEVER THE FAMILY WAS REQUESTING AN AUTOPSY BE PERFORMED AS THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARE HE RECEIVED.