     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 THE DECEASED ATTENDED A SOCIAL FUNCTION WHERE FOOD AND ALCOHOL WERE SERVED. WITNESSES STATED SHE ATE, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT KNOW IF SHE DRANK ANYTHING. 
     WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED HOME, THE DRIVER STOPPED AT A RELATIVE'S HOUSE TO USE THE BATHROOM WHICH WAS LOCATED AT 14840 NORTHEAST 12TH AVENUE. WHEN THE DRIVER RETURNED, THE DEC'D REQUESTED TO USE THE BATHROOM ALSO. AS SHE ENTERED THE HOUSE, SHE WAS UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND THEN COLLAPSED IN THE HALLWAY, WHICHAFTER SHE BEGAN VOMITTING. SINCE THERE WAS NO PHONE AT THIS HOUSE, "911" WAS CALLED FROM A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.  FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HER D.O.A..

     THE DEC'D HAD NO COMPLAINTS TO OTHERS WHILE IN THE TRANSPORTING VAN AND WHEN SHE WAS PICKED UP AT APPROX 10:30 A.M. SHE WAS STEADY ON HER FEET AT THAT TIME.
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF A STOMA AND THROAT SURGERY 40 YEARS AGO. NO CURRENT MEDICAL PROBLEMS.