     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON JULY 6, 1996 ABOUT 12:01 PM.  ON JULY 7, 1996 A NEIGHBOR BECAME CONCERNED AND HAD POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE RESPOND TO HER RESIDENCE.  SHE WAS FOUND DEAD LYING NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
     THE DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED BY AN ORTHOPEDIST, DR. LEHRMAN (538-1119) FOR BURSITIS AND A SPRAINED RIB.  SHE WAS ALSO TREATED BY DR. KREPS (538-9737) FOR HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE.