      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN SEEN BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  ON DECEMBER 25, 1996 FAMILY WENT TO THE RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HER WELL BEINGS.  SHE ENTERED THE APARTMENT AND FOUND THE DECEASED LYING IN BED EXPIRED.   POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  THERE WERE SEVERAL BOTTLES OF MEDICATIONS FOUND ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND AN INHALATION DEVICE ON THE NIGHTSTAND NEXT TO THE BED.
        DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT NORTH DADE HEALTH CENTER AND HAD A HISTORY OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND HYPERTENSION.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: FUROSEMIDE, VASOTEC, CHLORPROPAMIDE AND BECONASE.