     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED RESIDED BY HIMSELF IN AN APARTMENT LOCATED AT 16900 NORTHEAST 14TH AVENUE #106.  MEDICATION SENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE: SYNTHROID
     ACCORDING TO A NEIGHBOR, HE HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND ON DECEMBER 31, 1996 THE CONDO ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WENT BY HIS APARTMENT AND COMPLAINED OF A FOUL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE APARTMENT. HE SUMMONED POLICE WHO RESPONDED AND FORCED ENTRY. THE DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED EXPIRED LYING IN BED IN ADVANCED STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION. NO TRAUMA OR FOUL PLAY OBSERVED.
     