	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
UNEMPLOYED AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH HIS COMMON-LAW-WIFE. SHE ADVISED POLICE THAT THE DECEASED WAS FOUND AT HOME ON AUGUST 15, 1996, SITING ON THE GROUND WITH A LARGE BRUISE ON HIS FACE. HE TOLD HER THAT HE FELL AND STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE DOOR JAM.  WITH -I N A WEEKS TIME THE BRUISE HAD SPREADTO HIS LEFT CHEEK, CHIN, NECK AND CHEST. HE BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE WALKING, HIS WIFE HAD TO ASSIST HIM. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1996, SHE ASSISTED HIM TO THE BATHROOM, AS THEY WERE RETURNING TO THE BEDROOM, HE PAST OUT AND RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED, THEY PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
	PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF ASTHMA, ALCOHOLISM,  A SUSPECTED HEART 
MURMUR. IT IS UNKNOWN IF HE HAD BEEN TREATED FOR HIS PROBLEMS. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED OT THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 