     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF THROAT CANCER AND HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN JUNE 1996.
      ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 ABT. 4:00 P.M., FAMILY MEMBERS LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND WENT TO THE SUPERMARKET.  WHILE THEY WERE OUT, A NEIGHBOR RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND THE DECEASED LYING ON THE FLOOR.  POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED.   MEDICAL HISTORY TO BE CONFIRMED.