     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON OCT. 18, 1996 THE DECEDENT'S MAIL CARRIER CALLED POLICE AFTER DELIVERING MAIL TO THE DECEDENT'S RESIDENCE FOR FIVE DAYS AND THE MAIL HADN'T BEEN REMOVED.  POLICE ARRIVED ABOUT 5:44 PM AND DISCOVERED THE DECEASED INSIDE HER RESIDENCE IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.  POLICE WERE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 1996.
     THE DECEASED WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. JOSEPH (245-5070) FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE.
     *NO NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN LOCATED.*