    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 4, 1996, ABT. 1:00A.M., THE MOTHER OF THE DECEASED FOUND HIM SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR RESIDENCE AND PLACED HIM IN BED.  ABT. 7:55A.M., SHE WENT TO WAKE HIM UP AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS BROTHER, HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.  HE HAS BEEN USING DRUGS SINCE THE AGE OF 9 OR 10 AND HAD BEEN GOING TO THE METHADONE CLINIC.  ABT. 6 MONTHS AGO, HE WAS BAKER ACTED AND ABT. 4 MONTHS AGO HE ATTEMPT SUICIDE BY CUTTING HIS WRIST.  HE HAS ALSO BEEN TREATED A V.A. MEDICAL CENTER FOR LIVER DISEASE AND HEPATITIS C.  CURRENTLY, HE WAS ON A WAITING LIST FOR A LIVER TRANSPLANT IN PITTSBURG, PA.  BECAUSE OF HIS POOR HEALTH, HE FOR THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.   MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED WERE BENAZEPRIL 20MG, FUROSEMIDE 40MG, AND ISONIAZIDE 300MG. 



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