ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEDENT WAS LAST HEARD FROM ON DECEMBER 10, 1996 AT 9:00PM.  SHE HAD COMPLAINED OF HEAD, NECK AND BACK PAIN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION.  A NEIGHBOR WHO HAD A KEY TO THE RESIDENCE WENT TO CHECK ON HER AND FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR WITH HER UNDERWEAR DOWN, SHE WAS WEARING A STOMACH POUCH.  

MEDICAL HISTORY:  THE DECEDENT WAS LAST TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996.  SHE HAD CALLED FIRE-RESCUE AFTER COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, GIVEN RESPIRATORY TREATMENT AND RELEASED.  PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY REFLECTS THE FOLLOWING: OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEES AND HIPS, OSTEOSPOROSIS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (EMPHYSEMA), DIVERTICULOSIS, AND HYPERTENSION POST COLOSTOMY IN 1992.  MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED; SALGESIC, PEPCID, DILTIAZEM, ALBUTEROL, PROVENTIL.   

*MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED:  SALGESIC (88), DILTIAZEM (74), LOMOTIL (14), CYCLOBENZAPRINE (56), TRANSDERM NITRO (19), ACTIVE-LIFE ONE-PIECE DRAINAGE POUCH (10), AND (1) ALBUTEROL/USP INHILATION AEROSOL INHALER PLUS (1) REFILL.