     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED, ON OCTOBER 28, 1996, THE NEIGHBORS OF THE DECEASED CONTACTED HER BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE DECEASED IN A FEW DAYS.  SHE ASKED HER BOYFRIEND TO RESPOND TO THE DECEASED'S RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HER WELFARE.  UPON HIS ARRIVAL, ABT. 8:00P.M., HE FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE IN BED WITH AN OXYGEN MASK TO HER FACE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THEY PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.  ACCORDING TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE HAS A HISTORY OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION AND HAD A HOME OXYGEN TANK FOR HER SHORTNESS OF BREATH.  SHE HAS HAD NUMEROUS HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE MOST RECENT BEING AT PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL.
