     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS RETIRED AND LIVED ALONE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 
     ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH HER SISTERS AT THEIR RESIDENCE, THEY WENT TO BED AT ABOUT 10:00 PM.  AT ABOUT 8:00 AM, THE NEXT MORNING A SISTER WAS AWAKENED BY A LOUD THUD. SHE FOUND THE DECEASED LYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVINGROOM UNRESPONSIVE, IN A POOL OF URINE. THEY ATTEMPTED TO CARRY HER TO THE BEDROOM AND REPORT THAT SHE STRUCK HER HEAD IN THE PROCESS.  EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND ARRIVED. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
      POLICE WERE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF DEPRESSION AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. JACK MICHEL (649-7833).  MEDICATIONS OF MELLARIL, SERZONE, RESTORIL, ZANTAC AND EZ-NAPROSYN /  OXAZEPAM, THIORIDAZINE CEFTIN  HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED AND WAS TRANSPORTTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DECEASED.  