     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON AUGUST 12, 1996 BY A NEIGHBOR. 
     AUGUST 14, 1996 THE DECEASED HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DADE COUNTY - DEPARTMENT OF "H.U.D." DIVISION. WHEN SHE DID NOT SHOW UP, THE PERSON WITH WHOM SHE HAD THE APPOINTMENT WITH WHO IS ALSO THE BUILDING MANGER USED HIS PASS-KEY AND ENTERED HER APARTMENT. UPON ENTERING, THE DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED IN BED EXPIRED. SHE WAS IN ADVANCED STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. OSCAR MENDEZ-TORINO FOR HYPERTENSION. WAS TAKING THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS: MEPROBAMATE, HYDROXYZINE AND NORVASC.  