     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED RESIDED IN AN OPEN DOOR-TYPE FACILITY WHERE HE WAS FREE TO LEAVE ON A DAILY BASIS. HE HAS BEEN UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC DEPRESSION - SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID TYPE. 
     THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO SOUTHERN WINDS HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1996 FOR TREATMENT OF HIS SCHIZOPHRENIA, HOWEVER ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1996 AT 12:10 P.M. HE WAS DISCOVERED UNRESPONSIVE.  C.P.R. WAS INITIATED AND FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DEC'D REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITALS, MONITOR WAS SHOWING V-FIB WHICH CONVERTED TO ASYSTOLE. C.P.R. WAS CONTINUED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITALS, MONITOR STILL SHOWING ASYSTOLE. C.P.R. WAS CONTINUED HOWEVER, ALL EFFORTS WERE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:55 P.M..

                                                         REFILED JANUARY 31, 1997  (NLJ)