    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND FRIEND OF DECEASED,  HE SUFFERED FROM EMPHYSEMA, LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASE AND JUST SIGNED OUT OF VETERAN ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1996.  HE LIVED IN THE OFFICE AREA OF HIS FRIEND'S WAREHOUSE AND WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 IN THE EVENING.   SOMETIME THAT EVENING,  HE SAT DOWN TO EAT SOME BANANA PUDDING AND COLLAPSED AT THAT TIME.   THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE WAS FOUND BY HIS FRIEND LYING ON THE FLOOR, EXPIRED.
      HE WAS A HEAVY SMOKER AND HAD BEEN TREATED AT VETERAN ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND CELLULITIS.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: THIAMINE, ACETAMINOPHEN W/CODEINE, OFLOXACIN,  MULTI VITAMINS AND ATROVENT INHALERS.