     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 7, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME SITTING ON THE FLOOR SLUMPED OVER TO THE RIGHT.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND THE GAS STOVE WAS ON AND THE ROOM TEMPERATURE ABOUT 100 DEGREES.  THE DECEASED WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE.
     HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON JULY 6, 1996 ABOUT 7:30 PM BY A NEIGHBOR.  HE HAD TWO BEERS AND SAID HE WAS GOING HOME TO HEAT UP SARDINES.  
     ACCORDING TO THE NEIGHBOR HE HAD BEEN SICK FOR MONTHS, BUT WOULD NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM.  HE HAD LOST 20 TO 30 POUNDS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT WOULD NOT GO TO A DOCTOR.