     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED RENTED A ROOM IN THE REAR OF A RESIDENCE.  HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPT. 17, 1996 IN THE MORNING HOURS.  ON SEPT. 20, 1996 ABOUT 5:00 PM ANOTHER TENANT SMELLED A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM HIS ROOM AND CALLED POLICE.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THE DECEASED WAS FOUND DEAD IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.  
     ACCORDING TO THE TENANT THE DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND SMOKER.  NO KNOWN FAMILY MEMBERS.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: IBUPROFEN.