     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 6, 1996 THE DECEDENT WAS WORKING ON A FREIGHTER ON THE MIAMI RIVER, LOCATED AT 3840 NW N. RIVER DR.  THE DECEASED HAD A FEW DIZZY SPELLS DURING THE DAY AND AFTER DRINKING A PINEAPPLE JUICE HE COLLAPSED ON THE DECK.  CO-WORKERS CALLED FIRE RESCUE AND THEY TRANSPORTED HIM TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL.  
     HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN ASYSTOLE WITH FIXED AND DIALTED PUPILS.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:50 PM.
     ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY THE DECEASED HAD NO MEDICAL HISTORY.  HE COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL LATELY AND WAS DEPRESSED ABOUT NOT SEEING HIS MOTHER SINCE AGE THREE, BUT WAS NOT SUICIDAL.  HE SMOKED MARIJUANA AND CIGARETTES AND DRANK ALCOHOL ON OCCASION.  THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY DOCTORS OR PSYCHIATRISTS HE MAY HAVE SEEN AND HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PRESCRIPTIONS.