     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THE DECEASED HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS AND ARM NUMBNESS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  HOWEVER, SHE REFUSED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.   ON NOVEMBER 22, 1996, SHE BEGAN HAVING SHORTNESS OF BREATH ALONG WITH CHEST PAINS.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO MERCY HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE: 82/40, PULSE: 84, RESPIRATIONS: 32.  SHE WAS AWAKE, ALERT AND HAD RAPID RESPIRATIONS. EKG SHOWED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. CHEST X-RAY REVEALED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.  SHE WAS ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS BUT CONTINUED TO BE HYPOTENSIVE.  SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE  ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA AND WAS INTUBATED.  SHE BEGAN ASYSTOLIC AND WAS DEFIBRILLATED SEVERAL TIMES.  CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:20 A.M..
      DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD NO MEDICAL HISTORY AND WAS NOT BEING TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN.