     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON OCT. 10, 1996 ABOUT 1:00 PM THE DECEASED LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND RETURNED ABOUT 3:10 PM.  HE SAID HELLO TO HIS MOTHER AND WENT TO HIS BEDROOM.  ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER HIS MOTHER KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR TO SAY GOODBY AND GOT NO RESPONSE.  SHE ENTERED HIS ROOM AND FOUND HIM SQUATTING INTO HIS DRESSER DRAWER HEAD FIRST.  WHEN HE STILL DID NOT RESPOND HIS MOTHER YELLED TO HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW FOR HELP.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND CPR INITIATED UNTIL THEY ARRIVED.  RESCUE PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD UPON ARRIVAL.
     THE DECEASED HAD POSSIBLE PUNCTURE MARKS ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT UPPER FOREARM.  VARIOUS NEEDLES, A SPOON WITH COTTON ON IT AND VARIOUS MEDICATIONS WERE OBSERVED IN THE ROOM.
     THE DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER AND DR. MILLIGAN (245-2273).
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: DISULFIRAM, AMITRIPTYLINE, LORAZEPAM, ORUVAIL, AND SINUVENT.



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