    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE BY HER SON ON OCTOBER 2, 1996 ABT. 3:30 A.M. AND SHE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION IN HER BEDROOM DURING THAT TIME.  A FEW HOURS LATER, HER MOTHER HEARD A "THUD" SOUND AND FOUND HER LYING ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR.   POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE WERE SUMMONED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED LYING PRONE WITH HER HEAD RESTING NEAR A BOWL WITH AN UNKNOWN RED FLUID INSIDE.
     DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM AND HAD BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  SHE WAS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A DOCTORS' CARE BUT WAS TAKING MEDICATIONS.  MEDICAL HISTORY TO BE OBTAINED.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: RELAFEN.



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