     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECESAED WAS A YOUNG MALE WHO WAS A RETIRED SALESMAN AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.  HE WAS BELIEVED TO BE A DRUG USER, USER OF ("CRACK COCAINE"). HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE HOUSE ALONE DUE TO HIS WIFE STAYING WITH HER RELATIVES FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  
     HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AT ABOUT 1:30 PM, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1996, BY A FRIEND.  LATER IN THE DAY, THE FRIEND FOUND HIM LYING SUPINE ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVING ROOM EXPIRED. SHE ADVISED POLICE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE ALL DAY REPORTEDLY SMOKING "CRACK COCAINE"  WITH THE DECEASED.   
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,  HIS HOSPITAL RECORD NUMBER # 106-65-80,  WAS REQUESTED. 
     MEDICATION: FUROSEMIDE AND CAPOTEN HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DECEASED. 

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