     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CHART, ON OCTOBER 16, 1996 AT ABOUT 7:14 PM., THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME AND CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM, BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY BREATHING THEN COLLAPSED.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED IN ASYSTOLE.   CPR WAS INITIATED, SHE WAS INTUBATED AND DEVELOPED A PULSE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RHYTHM.  WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:55 PM., INTUBATED, WITH RIGHT FEMORAL PULSE, HYPOTENSIVE, IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. SHE WAS PLACED ON VENTILATORY SUPPORT AND TRANSFERED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, UNRESPONSIVE TO DEEP STIMULATION, WITH IMPRESSION OF SEVERE BILATERAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION SECONDARY TO HYPOXIC ENCEPOHALOPATHY, SECONDARY TO CARDIAC ARREST.  SHE REMAINED ON THE RESPIRATOR, HER CONDITION DETERIORATING UNTIL IT WAS DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE ALL ARTIFICIAL MEANS OF RESPIRATORY ASSISTANCE.  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON OCTOBER18,1996 AT 10:16 PM.
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     SON STATED THAT THE DECEASED WAS IN VERY GOOD HEALTH FOR HER AGE AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR ONLY ONCE, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND AT THAT TIME SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS. HE THINKS THAT PERHAPS SHE HAD SOME HYPERTENSION, BUT WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED, NOT ON MEDICATIONS.