     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996.  ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1996 THE DECEASED BUILDING MANAGER BECAME CONCERNED AND SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE TO CHECK ON THE DECEASED WELFARE.
     UPON FIRE-RESCUE ARRIVAL, THEY ENTERED THE RESIDENCE WITH THE BUILDING MANAGER WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE DECEASED EXPIRED, LYING SUPINE ON THE LIVINGROOM FLOOR.  SHE WAS DRESSED IN A HOUSECOAT WITH NO UNDERGARMENTS. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED INSECT ACTIVITY (ANTS) ABOUT HER EYES AND EARS. NO OTHER TRAUMA OR FOUL PLAY NOTED.

     SCENE OBSERVATIONS: THE APARTMENT WAS IN A CLUTTERED CONDITION WITH NUMEROUS CLOTHING, DOCUMENTS AND PERSONAL ITEMS SCATTERED ABOUT. UNIFORMED OFFICERS ARRIVING FIRST ON THE SCENE STATED UPON ENTERING THE ROOM, THE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90-100 DEGREES. THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSED AND THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS "OFF".  THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT THE DECEASED WAS UNDER ANY TYPE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ANY KIND OF ILLNESSES.



                                                  *****CASE REFILED JUNE 16, 1997 (NLJ)*****