     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD BEEN AN INPATIENT AT PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND WAS RECENTLY RELEASED HOME.  SHE WAS BEING TREATED FOR INTESTINAL CANCER.
.
    ON AUGUST 5,1996 AT 7:50 PM., THE DECEASED EXPIRED AT HOME. POLICE RESPONDED AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HER PHYSICIAN BUT MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE TOO.
.
     INFORMATION ON PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CHART REVEALED THAT THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON JULY 29,1996 AND DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 5,1996, THE SAME DAY SHE LATER EXPIRED AT HOME.  DIAGNOSIS:  GASTRIC CARCINOMA WITH POSSIBILITY OF METASTASIS.  RULE OUT UNDERLYING SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.  GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING, CURRENTLY WITH ANEMIA.  ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, RULE OUT UNDERLYING SEPSIS.