     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON JULY 19, 1996 AT 9:00 PM.,  WHEN SHE WENT TO BED.  HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF DIFFICULTY BREATHING FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  ON JULY 20, 1996 AT 8:30 AM., SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND COLD TO THE TOUCH.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED.
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     POLICE VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  DECEASED REQUIRED THE USE OF A NEBULIZER AND USED A WHEEL CHAIR TO MOVE AROUND SINCE SHE HAD DIFFICULTY WALKING.  SHE HAD A HISTORY OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND WAS ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ABOUT EIGHT (8) MONTHS AGO, FOR EMPHYSEMA.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF: QUINAM, CEDAX, RELAFEN, VOLTAREN, PREDNISONE, PENICILLIN, LANOXIN,  PERIACTIN, DIAZEPAM, AND TRENTAL.
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     JMH PATIENT # 155-18-79.  LAST ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON AUGUST 15,1996 TO AUGUST 17,1996.  FINAL DIAGNOSIS: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATION. PREVIOUS ADMISSION ON JULY 12,1995 TO AUGUST 2,1995.  FINAL DIAGNOSIS: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. SECONDARY SYPHILIS. GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED DUE TO GASTRIC ULCER. THE DECEASED WAS A SMOKER (ONE PACK A DAY) FOR 67 YEARS.