     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: AUGUST 16, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE CHEST PAINS. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER ALERT, ORIENTED AND WITH A GCS OF 15. EKG REVEALED DEC'D HAD AN ACUTE INFERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. MECHANICAL VENTILATION WAS STARTED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 8:50 A.M., SHE REMAINED RESPONSIVE AND COMPLAINED OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS GAS AND OF GASTRIC PAIN. THE MONITOR SUDDENLY CHANGED AND SHE CODED. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MADE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 9:17 P.M..

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. JORGE GOMEZ FOR HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS AND NERVE PROBLEMS. HE WAS OUT OF TOWN AND UNABLE TO BE REACHED.