    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD NOT BEEN SEEN FOR HE PAST SEVEN TO EIGHTH DAYS.  ON  NOVEMBER 3,1996,  HIS SON WENT BY THE DECEASED'S RESIDENCE BUT OBTAINED NO ANSWER AT THE DOOR.   HE RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1996 AND OBTAINING NO RESPONSE AT THE DOOR, SUMMONED POLICE.   UPON THEIR ARRIVAL AT 12:30 PM., THEY BROKE INTO THE APARTMENT AND FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED, LYING PRONE ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR.  HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS RESPONDED AND OBSERVED THE DECEASED IN A SLIGHT STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION, WITH BRUISES ON LEGS, ARMS AND BACK.  ITEMS IN THE APARTMENT WERE KNOCKED OVER, HOWEVER, THE APARTMENT WAS SECURED FROM INSIDE.  THE SON OF THE DECEASED ADVISED THAT HIS FATHER WAS BEING TREATED AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, FOR HEART DISEASE AND ULCER PROBLEMS.  MULTIPLE VIALS OF MEDICATIONS WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT.
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     THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER ON JUNE 14, 1996.  HIS OVERALL DIAGNOSES INCLUDED: GASTRITIS/ DUODENITIS.   PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE. ARRHYTHMIAS. ATYPICAL CHEST PAINS, RULE OUT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.  STATUS POST CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.  ANXIETY DISORDER/ DEPRESSION. HEMORRHOIDS, STATUS POST LEFT ANKLE SURGERY. 



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