     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A YOUNG MALE WHO WORKED AS A COOK ON MIAMI BEACH AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBER. 
     ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1996, HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BY A FAMILY MEMBER AND POLICE ALONG WITH FIRE RESCUE UNITS WERE CALLED.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL HE WAS FOUND LYING FACE UP ON THE SOFA COVERED WITH A BLANKET. HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND COLD TO TOUCH, DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT THAT TIME. 
    FAMILY MEMBERS ADVISED POLICE THAT HE WAS NOT UNDER THE CARE OF A DOCTOR, NOT TAKING ANY MEDICATION AND THAT HE COMPLAINED OF STOMACH PAINS EARLIER, THEN HE WENT TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA.     