     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE ALIVE ON DECEMBER 21, 1996.  HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING ON THE SOFA AND AT ABOUT 2:00 AM. TO 3:00 A.M., WAS HEARD USING THE BATHROOM.  AT 6:45 A.M., HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON SOFA, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS HE WAS SUFFERING WITH A SLIGHT COLD.   HAD HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND ASTHMA AND HAD BEEN TREATED AT C.H.I. IN THE PAST.  WAS USING PRIMATENE AND NYQUIL.