     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 2, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS HOME ALONE WITH HER DAUGTHER WHEN SHE DEVELOPED DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE TRANSPORTED HER TO PARKWAY WEST HOSPITAL.  
     SHE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN RESPIRATORY FAILURE WITH SEVERE BRADYCARDIA THEN DECOMPENSATED TO ASYSTOLE.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:25 AM.
     THE DECEASED WAS DISABLED AND HAD A HISTORY OF PULMONARY DISEASE.  SHE WAS BEING TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MR# 0225944.