     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A MIDDLE AGED MALE WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO MIAMI FROM GERMANY. HE HAD NOT COMPLAINED OF ANY PROBLEMS OR DISCOMFORT WHEN HE SPOKE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1996. AT ABOUT 9:30 PM, NORTH MIAMI BEACH POLICE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO 20TH AVENUE AND 171ST STREET IN REFERENCE TO A CALL OF A MAN LYING IN THE STREETS. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THE DECEASED WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, LYING IN THE SWALE  IN FRONT OF 17071 NE 20TH AVENUE, IN FRONT OF A FORD TAURUS AUTOMOBILE THAT POLICE REPORT WAS REGISTERED IN HIS NAME. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND RESPONDED, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
     AT THE TIME OF THE POLICE REPORT, THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH MONEY IN HIS WALLET WHICH WAS SECURED BY THE DETECTIVES. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 