     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 24, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT WORK AT THE SHELL GAS STATION AT 8033 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY.  HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AT 12:36 AM GOING INTO THE BAY AREA OF THE STATION.  ABOUT 1:15 AM HIS WIFE WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED AND FOUND HIM WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.  
     ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE THE DECEASED HAD NO KNOWN MEDICAL HISTORY.  HE STOPPED DRINKING AND SMOKING OVER TEN YEARS AGO.  ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS TREATED AT SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL IN THE E/R AFTER GETTING HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT.  HE ALSO HAD AN EKG AT THAT TIME AND IT WAS NORMAL.  HE WAS TREATED BY DR. ROBERT HARRIS AT SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL, BUT HAD NOT BEEN TREATED BY HIM SINCE.