	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF THE VILLA MARIA NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION CENTER. 
      ON MONDAY, JULY 22, 1996, AT ABOUT 9:30 AM, SHE WAS BEING OBSERVED 
AS SHE ATE HER BREAFAST MEAL AND BEGAN TO GAG WHILE EATING A BAGEL. STAFF MEMBERS ASSISTED HER BY ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE BOLUS FROM HER THROAT. HER EPISODE DEVELOPED INTO AN INCIDENT OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED.  THEY RESPONDED, INITIATED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AS SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. 	
	UPON ARIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE WITH A BLOOD 
PRESSURE WAS 149/66, PULSE 105, RESPIRATION 24, RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES IN PROGRESS. SHE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE EFFORTS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:10 AM. 