     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON DECEMBER 27, 1996 ABT. 5:15 A.M., THE DECEASED WAS IN THE LIVINGROOM OF HER RESIDENCE WHEN SHE CLUTCHED HER CHEST, CRIED OUT AND COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED HER TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
      UPON ARRIVAL, INTUBATED AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  CHEST MONITOR SHOWED ASYSTOLE RHYTHM.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS MADE, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 6:05 A.M..
       DECEASED HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF END STAGE RENAL DISEASE AND HEMODIALYSIS.  SHE WAS LAST DIALYZED ON DECEMBER 24, 1996 AND HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND FEELING ILL RECENTLY.    SHE WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. GARCIA-MAYOL WHO WAS UNAVAILABLE TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.  