    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM AVENTURA HOSPITAL RECORDS,  ON OCTOBER 5, 1996  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED TO THE ABOVE LOCATION REFERENCE A PERSON IN THE BOTTOM OF POOL.  THEY ARRIVED AND FOUND THAT HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER BY A BYSTANDER.  HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND IN ASYSTOLE RHYTHM. CPR WAS INITIATED - HE WAS INTUBATED AND TRANSPORTED TO AVENTURA HOSPITAL.
    UPON ARRIVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE: 90/50, PULSE: 130, PUPILS DILATED.  HE WAS ADMITTED WITH AN IMPRESSION OF CARDIAC ARREST, STATUS POST DROWNING, DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND ANOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY.  A CT SCAN OF BRAIN REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF HEMORRHAGE.  A CT SCAN OF SPINE SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF FRACTURED CERVICAL SPINE. HE REMAINED IN A COMATOSE STATE AND ON VENTILATION.  AN EEG WAS DONE AND SHOWED NO BRAIN ACTIVITY. HE WAS CLINICALLY BRAIN DEAD.  FAMILY MEMBERS GAVE PERMISSION FOR NOT RESUSCITATING AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON OCTOBER 9, 1996 AT 12:20 P.M.
      DECEASED SISTER STATED THAT HE HAD A HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM.  HE MOVED TO FLORIDA A FEW MONTHS AGO TO SUPPOSEDLY TO START A BUSINESS.  HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT FEEL THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.

                       
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      ***FAMILY MEMBERS WERE OPPOSED TO AN AUTOPSY AND ORGAN DONATIONS.*** 




















