     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS: THE  DECEASED HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER ON JULY 29, 1996 WITH A HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND LIVER INSUFFICIENCY. SHE STATED SHE DRANK BEER DAILY AND HARD LIQUOR ON THE WEEKENDS. SHE ALSO HAD A FAMILY HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AS HER FATHER DIED FROM ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS. 
     AUGUST 8, 1996 SHE WAS AGAIN ADMITTED WITH THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS: MAJOR DEPRESSION WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES AND ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER, ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY. SHE ALSO HAD SUICIDAL IDEATIONS AND HAD BEEN NON-COMPLIANT WITH HER MEDICATIONS. SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED ON AUGUST 17, 1996 AND WAS TAKEN HOME.
     NOVEMBER 6, 1996 SHE WAS ADMITTED TO VENCOR HOSPITAL WITH DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMONIA, S/P SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE SECONDARY TO ENCEPHALOPATHY, HYPERNATREMIA, HYPERTENSION AND RESPITORY FAILURE. HER CONDITION DETERIORATED RAPIDLY AND SHE BECAME COMATOSE.
     DECEMBER 5, 1996 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SOUTH POINT MANOR NURSING HOME WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER. SHE WAS IN A COMATOSE STATE AND UNRESPONSIVE WHICH SHE REMAINED UNTIL DECEMBER 12, 1996 WHEN SHE WAS PRONOUNCED.

     ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, DECEASED WAS SUPPOSEDLY INJURED IN A FIGHT WITH HER BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND WHICH RESULTED IN HEAD INJURY. THEY ALSO STATED THAT SHE WAS INJURED IN A FALL WHILE AT A MENTAL INSTITUTION, HOWEVER NONE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS COULD BE DOCUMENTED.