     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: NOVEMBER 20, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING. MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE WAS ALERT AND RESPONSIVE HOWEVER, HER RESPIRATORY DISTRESS BECAME MORE SEVERE WITH AGONAL RESPIRATIONS. SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INTUBATED. HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:25 P.M.,

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY HOSPITALIZED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER FOR DECOMPENSATED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, URINARY TRACT INFECTION, NEW ONSET OF DIABETES MELLITUS, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, SEVERE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND ANXIETY.