     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE FIREDOOR CORP. INC., OF SOUTH FLORIDA. HE REPORTEDLY PICKED UP AN ORDER FOR DELIVERY ON OCTOBER 24, 1996, WHICH WAS TO BE DELIVERED TO A LOCATION IN HOMESTEAD / FLORIDA CITY AREA ON THE SAME DAY. HE WAS NOT HEARD FROM AFTER HE LEFT WITH THE DELIVERY. 
     ON OCTOBER 25, 1996, FAMILY MEMBERS FILED A MISSING PERSON REPORT WITH THE POLICE AGENCY AND APPARENTLY ENTERED INTO A SEARCH FOR HIM THEMSELVES. AT ABOUT 10:00 PM, THEY SPOTTED HIS TRUCK PARKED IN THE BUS LANE OF U.S. #1 AND ABOUT S.W. 344TH STREET AND CALLED POLICE. HE WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION. 
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR INSULIN DEPENDANT (TWO SHOTS A DAY) DIABETES MELLITUS.   