    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SISTER OF THE DECEASED, IN 1994, THE DECEASED WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER OF THE TOUNGE.  SHE HAD BEEN TREATED WITH RADIATION TREATMENT AND CHEMOTHERAPHY.  SHE ALSO HAD A FEEDING TUBE IN HER STOMACH, BECAUSE SHE WAS UNABLE TO EAT OR DRINK.  SHE WAS LAST SEEN BY A PHYSCIAN IN 1994, BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT HER CONDITION WAS DETERIORATING AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO CONTINUE TREATMENT.  HOWEVER, SHE DID SEE A PHYSCIAN AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN JANUARY OF 1996 TO HAVE SOME BONE REMOVED FROM HER FACE.  ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996, ABT. 10:53A.M., SHE RESPONDED TO HER ROOM TO CHECK ON HER WELFARE AND GIVE HER SOME MILK, BUT FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL RECORDS, SHE WAS LAST SEEN THERE IN OCTOBER OF 1995.  DIAGNOSIS:  MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LOWER GUM, POST INFLAMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS.  ON OCTOBER 20, 1995, SHE HAD SURGERY.  PRE-OP DIAGNOSIS WERE AS FOLLOW; S/P CARCINOMA OF THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH, TOUNGE AND MANDIBLE WITH OSTEORADIONECROSIS OF THE EDGE OF THE MANDIBLE BILATERALLY WITH EXPOSED BONE PRESENT.  OPERATION:  DEBRIDEMENT OF MANDIBLE WITH SAGITTAL SAW AND CLOSURE OF ORAL CAVITY MUCOSA.   