     ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED: ON MAY 11, 1996 THE DECEDENT WAS ABOARD A DC-9 VALUJET AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT #592, TRAVELING TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE EVERGLADES.  ALL 110 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ABOARD EXPIRED AT THE SCENE.

     *THE DECEASED WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY A PORTION OF FIBULA RECOVERED IN ME# 96-9221 THAT CONTAINED A SURGICAL FIXATION PLATE 10 CM LONG AND HAD 6 SCREW HOLES.  THIS WAS COMPARED WITH THE DECEDENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS THAT REVEALED THE DECEASED HAD UNDERGONE AN OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION OF A FIBULA FRACTURE IN 1990.  X-RAYS WERE ALSO COMPARED AND MATCHED THE PLATE RECOVERED.  ALSO A YELLOW METAL RING WITH A LION'S HEAD AND A WHITE METAL PINKY RING WITH MULTIPLE STONES ASSOCIATED WITH TISSUE WERE RECOVERED IN ME# 96-9552 AND WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE DECEDENT'S GIRLFRIEND.*