     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: AUGUST 16, 1996 THE DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF FEELING ILL, STATING SHE WAS TIRED AND UNABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AROUND.  AT APPROX 2:30 P.M. HER HUSBAND CHECKED ON HER AND FOUND HER EXPIRED IN BED. HE TELEPHONED VAN ORSDEL FUNERAL HOME WHO RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO THE FUNERAL HOME LOCATED AT 3333 NORTHEAST 2ND AVENUE. POLICE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY THE FAMILY OR FUNERAL HOME.

     THE DECEASED HAS BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FROM HAITI FOR APPROX TWO YEARS AND WAS NOT UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE OR TAKING ANY TYPE MEDICATIONS. METRO-DADE POLICE WERE LATER CONTACTED AND RESPONDED TO THE VAN ORSDEL FUNERAL HOME. THE BODY WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.