     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED AND HER HUSBAND WERE PASSENGERS ABOARD THE "M.S. LEEWARD" SINCE JULY 8, 1996.
     JULY 9, 1996 THE DECEASED VISITED THE SHIP'S DOCTOR WITH COMPLAINTS OF SUNBURN AND WAS GIVEN CORTISONE CREAM.
     JULY 10, 1996 SHE AGAIN VISITED THE SHIP'S HOSPITAL AND STATED TO THE NURSE THAT SHE HAD DRANK APPROX 5 GALLONS OF WATER AND URINATED IN BED. SHE ASKED FOR A PLASTIC SHEET AT THAT TIME.  SHE HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS SINCE.
     JULY 12, 1996  ACCORDING TO HER HUSBAND, SHE WENT TO SLEEP AT ABOUT 12:15 A.M.. AT 5:45 A.M. HE DISCOVERED HER IN BED NOT BREATHING. HE INITIATED C.P.R. AND SUMMONED THE SHIP'S MEDICAL CREW. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DECEASED WAS PRONOUNCED D.O.A..

     DECEASED WAS REPORTEDLY BEING TREATED FOR  DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY AND BIPOLAR DISORDER.  MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: ESKALITH-CR 450MG, LUVOX 100MG, ALPRAZOLAM 1MG AND LOXITANE 10MG. (THERE WERE ALSO OTHER LOOSE PILLS WHICH WERE INITIALLY INSIDE A "DAY-OF-THE-WEEK" CONTAINER)