     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON OCT. 18, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS FOUND AT HOME WITH CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER BY FIRE RESCUE, BUT ARRIVED IN ASYSTOLE.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:58 AM.  HE HAD HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND SYNCOPE PER CHART.  NO NEXT OF KIN AT THIS TIME.
     THE DECEASED HAD PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF SCOLIOSIS AND HYPERTENSION.  TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MR# 097-81-22.

 ***POLICE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE NEXT OF KIN.  HOWEVER, INFORMATION INVOLVING A BANK ACCOUNT FOR DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED.  UNFORTUNATELY THE ACCOUNT LACKED ADEQUATE FUNDS TO HAVE PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE DECEASED.