     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS FROM THE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AREA AND HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF LUNG CANCER AND WAS BEING TREATED AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE SAME. HE ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF SNORTING HEROINE AND COCAINE.
     
     DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AUGUST 2, 1996, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WITNESS RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE AT 7:30 A.M. TO TAKE HIM SOMEWHERE, HOWEVER HE GOT NO RESPONSE. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE EXPIRED.