     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS FROM JAMAICA AND HAD BEEN VISITING FAMILY MEMBERS IN MIAMI FOR THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS. 
     ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1996, SHE WOKE UP AT ABOUT 5:30 AM, WENT IN TO USE THE BATHROOM, HER MOTHER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WENT IN TO INVESTIGATE, FOUND HER LYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE BATHROOM  UNCONSCIOUS. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES WERE INITIATED AS SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.  
     ACCORDING TO THE MOTHER THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF CHRONIC ASTHMA WITH TREATMENT AT NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER THIS MONTH. VENTOLIN WAS PRESCRIBED BY THE DOCTOR, (VENTOLIN PILLS AND THE VENTOLIN AEROSOL INHALER) WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 