     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 METRO FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED TO 10147 WEST INDIGO DRIVE AFTER IT WAS REPORTED THAT DEC'D WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND PRESSURE IN HIS CHEST. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS FOUND LYING IN THE RAIN OUTSIDE OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN FRONT OF APARTMENT #3. HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, HOWEVER WITH A GOOD STRONG PULSE. HE WAS PLACED IN THE RESCUE TRUCK WHERE RESCUE PERSONNEL INITIATED C.P.R. AND ATTEMPTED TO DRY HIM OFF, HOWEVER HE ARRESTED. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:05 P.M. HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITALS, MONITOR SHOWING V-FIB. RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:20 P.M..   ***WHILE IN THE E.R., A SEARCH OF HIS CLOTHING REVEALED A GLASS TUBULAR PIPE WHICH WAS SUSPECTED TO BE A CRACK COCAINE PIPE***

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF ASTHMA AND BREATHING PROBLEMS. DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, HE HAS HAD OVER 11 ADMISSIONS INTO DEERING HOSPITAL. HE HAD ALSO BEEN SEEN AT THE "C.H.I." CLINIC OF SOUTH DADE. ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.

                              *** REFILED ON OCTOBER 22, 1996 ***  BAR