     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND HAD BEEN BEDRIDDEN FOR OVER ONE YEAR.  SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 AT 9:30 PM., WHEN SHE WENT TO SLEEP.  ON SEPTEMBER 14,1996 AT 8:00 AM., SHE WAS FOUND EXPIRED ON BED, BY HER SON. 
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED LYING ON BED IN A FETAL POSITION, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF:  HALOPERIDOL AND RESTORIL.
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     DR. GRISELLE MCWILLIAMS, 691-7018, CONTACTED THIS OFFICE LATER ON THE DAY AND ADVISED THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE CERTIFICATE.  SHE HAD BEEN TREATING THE DECEASED FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.  SHE HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF:  SEVERE DEMENTIA DUE TO PERNICIOUS ANEMIA. WAS ON HALDOL AND RESTORIL. THE DECEASED HAD NO DIAGNOSED HISTORY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS, HYPERTENSION OR DIABETES MELLITUS. SHE WAS LAST ADMITTED TO PALMETTO HOSPITAL IN 1995 FOR DEHYDRATION. AS OF LATE SHE HAD NOT BEEN EATING, BECAME VERY CACHECTIC.