     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,   DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS.  ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996, A NEIGHBOR NOTICED A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM DECEASED'S HOME AND SUMMONED POLICE.  THEY RESPONDED AND ENTERED THE RESIDENCE.  UPON DOING SO, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR EXPIRED IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.
     FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT THE DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER BUT HAD NO OTHER KNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEMS.