     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN ILL ELDERLY MALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. HE HAD BEEN AN INPATIENT AT PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL SINCE OCTOBER, DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 19, 1996. HE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO WALK DUE TO HIS MEDICAL CONDITION PRIOR TO BEING ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL AND BED RIDDEN AFTER DISCHARGE. 
     ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996, HE ATE WELL, ALL THREE MEALS FINISHING DINNER AT ABOUT 5:30 PM. HE ASKED TO BE PUT TO BED AT ABOUT 7:00 PM. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1996, HE WAS AWAKE AT ABOUT 5:30 6:00 AM, TALKING WITH HIS WIFE. SHE WENT INTO THE KITCHEN TO GET A GLASS OF APPLE JUICE AND RETURNED A FEW MOMENTS LATER TO FIND HIM UNRESPONSIVE. SHE CALLED EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WHO RESPONDED. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
       PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT BY DOCTOR ALONSO ICOCHEA (696-5007), AND TREATMENT AT PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL FOR SEVERE   CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, RESPIRATORY INSUFICIENCY, COR-PULMONALE, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. 
    **** THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE REQUESTING NO AUTOPSY.  **** 