    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN SEEN FOR ABT. ONE WEEK AND FRIENDS  BECAME CONCERNED ABT. HIS WELL BEINGS AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTACT HIM.  ON NOVEMBER 14, 1996, THEY RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE AND GAINED ENTRANCE.  UPON DOING SO, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LYING IN BED IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.
    DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF ADVANCED ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. GEORGE CAREY.