	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO LIVED ALONE AT THE CLAUDE PEPPER TOWERS APARTMENTS. SHE WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE ALIVE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1996, AT ABOUT 8:30 PM, WHEN SHE SPOKE WITH  ANOTHER FRIEND VIA THE TELEPHONE. THE SAME FRIEND CHECKED ON HER ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1996, SHE WAS UNALBE LTO GET AN ANSWER TO THE PHONE SO SHE RESPONDED TO THE APARTMENT, USED HER PASS KEY TO GAIN ENTRY, AND HER EXPIRED IN HER BED. 
	SHE HAD A HISTORY OF COLON CANCER FOR WHICH SHE HAD BEEN 
TREATED BY DR. RALPH  ST LUCE (754-6857).  ACCORDING TO HER FRIEND SHE HAD REFUSED MOST OF HER TREATMENT AND THE CANCER HAD SPREAD OVER MOST  OF HER BODY.  NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MECICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMNENT.   	