     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED LIVED ALONE IN A ROOM LOCATED AT 100 EAST 17TH STREET. HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE JULY 23, 1996 BY A FRIEND/NEIGHBOR WHO REMAINED WITH HIM UNTIL 4:00 A.M. BECAUSE THE DEC'D STATED HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL.  THE FRIEND OBSEVRED THE DEC'D SWEATING PROFUSELY AND BREATHING HEAVILY. HE ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO HIM BUT HE COULD'NT UNDERSTAND HIM, HIS TONGUE APPEARED TO BE TWISTED. HIS FRIEND OFFERED TO CALL FIRE-RESCUE BUT THE DEC'D REFUSED.
     HIS FRIEND LEFT HIM AND RETURNED LATER THAT SAME DATE AT APPROX 2:45 P.M.. UPON HIS RETURN, HE DISCOVERED THE DEC'D EXPIRED, LYING ON THE FLOOR. HE WAS IN A FETAL POSITION, FACE DOWN.  LIVIDITY WAS PRESENT IN HIS FACE AND STOMACH AREA AND HIS SKIN WAS STILL WARM.
     
     NO MEDICATIONS WERE FOUND ON THE SCENE AND ACCORDING TO HIS FRIEND, DEC'D WAS NOT UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE.