	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
RETIRED AND LIVED ALONE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON JULY 4, 1996, BY HER NEIGHBOR. ON SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1996, SHE WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A FRESH WATER CANAL  BEHIND HER HOUSE BY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR. 
	POLICE ADVISED SHE HAD A FLOWER GARDEN IN THE BACK YARD THAT 
WAS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER'S EDGE. 
	FAMILY MEMBERS WERE CONTACTED, ADVISED POLICE THAT SHE WAS 
PLANING TO PAINT  THE REAR OF HER HOUSE WHICH IS ALSO NEAR THE EDGE OF THE WATER. 
	PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT FOR CARDIAC PROBLEMS AND 
HEART DISEASE. MEDICATIONS OF LANOXIN AND LOPRESSOR WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.    		