    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,   ON AUGUST 5, 1996 DECEASED WAS AT HER RESIDENCE WASHING DISHING WHEN SHE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER LYING ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR, UNRESPONSIVE.   CPR WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL, INTUBATED AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  SHE WAS WITHOUT ANY RESPIRATIONS AND HAD FIXED AND DILATED PUPILS. MEDICATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED AND SHE WAS DEFIBRILLATED SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER, WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE.  AN EKG SHOWED FLAT LINE AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:40 P.M..
     DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST BY DR.  ROBERTO MENDEZ AND HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. 