     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 8, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED FLOATING IN A CANAL AFTER A RESIDENT OF 6391 SOUTHWEST 85TH STREET REPORTED A BODY FLOATING. 
     METRO-DADE POLICE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THE DEC'D WAS OBSERVED FLOATING INTO AN ADJOINING SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT CANAL (C-2). POLICE PULLED HIM FROM THE CANAL WITH A SMALL BOAT TO THE BANK LOCATED IN THE REAR OF 8763 SOUTHWEST 61ST PLACE. HE WAS OBSERVED IN ADVANCED STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION.

     LATER INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE DEC'D WAS TREATED AT THE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER FOR LIVER DISORDER AND IS A KNOWN ALCOHOLIC.

     *****DECEASED WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY DENTAL COMPARISON*****



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