    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ABT. 6:30P.M., ON DECEMBER 8, 1996, THE DAUGHTER N LAW OF THE DECEASED RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HIS WELFARE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS DOING FINE.  AFTER CHECKING ON HIM, SHE LEFT HIM ABOUT 9:00P.M.  ON DECEMBER 9, 1996, ABT. 9:05A.M., HIS DAUGHTER N LAW RESPONDED BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE AND UPON ENTERING, FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  SHE CALLED FIRE RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
    HE HAS A HISTORY OF KIDNEY FAILURE AND HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. CABRERA (223-1959).  ACCORDING TO DR. CABRERA'S SECRETARY, DORA, THE DOCTOR ONLY SAW HIM ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS AT AMI KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  ACCORDING TO AMI KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER'S RECORDS, HE WAS SEEN THERE ONE TIME, DECEMBER 5, 1996.  ****RECORDS WILL BE FAXED TO THIS OFFICE.****MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED WERE PREDNISONE 20MG, RESTORIL 12MG, BIAXIN 500MG, CALAN SR 240MG, THEO-DUR 300MG.  ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM AMI KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, HE WAS REFFERED THERE FROM CAC CLINIC WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ENDSTAGE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE/DECOMPENSATED AND KIDNEY FAILURE.  DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS:  CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA, AND ANEMIA.