     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF THE CORAL GABLES CONVALESCENT CENTER. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1996, AT ABOUT 9:20 AM, SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WASHED BY A CARE TAKER WHEN SHE BEGAN TO TURN BLUE IN COLOR. THE ATTENDANT STARTED "CPR", AS A CALL WAS PLACED TO FIRE RESCUE.  UPON ARRIVAL OF THE RESCUE UNITS SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. 
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT FOR DEMENTIA, OCCIPITAL HEMATOMA, ARTHRITIS, ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, GASTRITIS AND ANGINA BY DOCTOR JOSE A. ESNARD (541-5547).    NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 