     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY  HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE EARLIER ON JULY 31,1996. FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, BUT HE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL OR DOCTOR.  LATER IN THE DAY,  THE DECEASED COLLAPSED AT HOME AGAIN.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED WITH NO VITAL SIGNS.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:00 P.M., INTUBATED ON THUMPER. HE WENT INTO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND AGONAL RHYTHM,  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:26 PM.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE TRAUMA.  ACCORDING TO FAMILY HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION.  HIS DOCTOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE, THE COVERING PHYSICIAN DID NOT KNOW THE DECEASED.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF:  CAPTOPRIL, PROCAINAMIDE, LASIX, ISOSORBIDE, PROVENTIL INHALER, POTASSIM CHLORIDE, AND ASPIRIN ENTERIC COATED.
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     THIS WRITER CONTACTED DR. EDWARD FOSTER 248-4334, WHO ADVISED THE DECEASED HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF: SEVERE HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY, SEVERE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.   DR. JOHN SOKILOWICS 279-2621, ADVISED THAT HE TREATED THE DECEASED WHILE AN INPATIENT AT HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL ON JULY 15,1996 WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED FOR PNEUMONIA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND QUESTIONABLE CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.