     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF WEAKNESS FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK.  HUSBAND STATED THAT SHE NORMALLY USED A HOME MADE WHEEL CHAIR (A DINING ROOM CHAIR WITH ROLLERS)TO MOVE AROUND.  AS PER HUSBAND, SHE HAD FALLEN ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996 AND WAS UNABLE TO LIFT HERSELF UP TO HER FEET.  HUSBAND CALLED HOME AND FOUND THAT SHE HAD FALLEN. RESPONDED HOME AND LIFTER HER UP TO A CHAIR.  SHE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF ANY HEAD INJURY. SAID HER LEGS GAVE OUT.  SHE AGAIN FELL ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1996 (HER LEGS GAVE OUT) BUT DID NOT HIT HER HEAD.  ON NOVEMBER 26, 1996 HER HUSBAND WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AT 11:45 AM.  HE RETURNED AT 12:30 PM., AND FOUND HER IN BED.  HE GAVE HER SOME ORANGE JUICE AND WENT INTO THE KITCHEN TO FIX HER BREAKFAST.  WHEN HE RETURNED TEN (10) MINUTES LATER FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON RESPONDING FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON BED, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.    SHE WAS LAST SEEN BY DR. ALBERT GERSING 822-6230, ON NOVEMBER 3, 1994.  HAD HISTORY OF DIABETES, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION,  POSSIBLE DIABETIC HEART DISEASE, AND OBESITY.    WHEN LAST SEEN SHE HAD EDEMA OF LOWER EXTREMITIES AND AN ULCERATION ON A TOE.  SHE WAS A HEAVY SMOKER.  EKG SHOWED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.  SHE WAS CURRENTLY ON MICRONASE, LANOXIN, CALCIUM,  AND GLUCOTROL.