     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: A NEIGHBOR OF THE DECEASED HAD NOT SEEN HER SINCE SEPT. 13, 1996.  ON SEPT. 18, 1996 HE CHECKED HER MAILBOX AND FOUND SEVERAL MAILINGS THERE.  HE THEN WENT TO HER APARTMENT AND SMELLED A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM INSIDE.  HE GOT THE MASTER KEY AND ENTERED THE LOCKED FRONT DOOR.  THE DECEASED WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE BEDROOM IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.
     THE FAMILY OF DECEASED ADVISED THEY HEARD FROM HER ABOUT TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AND SHE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN AT THAT TIME, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  SHE DID NOT HAVE A DOCTOR AND WAS NOT ON ANY MEDICATIONS.