     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON OCT. 17, 1996 AROUND 6:30 PM BY FAMILY MEMBERS.  ON OCT. 17, 1996 ABOUT 7:00 AM HE WAS HEARD USING THE BATHROOM.  FAMILY MEMBERS LEFT FOR WORK AND ABOUT 1:10 PM HIS SON RETURNED HOME TO FIND THE DECEASED DEAD ON HIS BEDROOM FLOOR.  HE HAD A CUT ON HIS LOWER LIP AND BLOOD WAS COMING FROM HIS MOUTH.  AN ANONYMOUS CALLER CALLED POLICE STATING THE DECEASED HAD TOLD HIM SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO POISON HIM.  
     THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF BRONCHITIS.  HE WAS TREATED BY DR. BICARIA (635-4493) WHO ADVISED THE DECEASED HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, BUT TOLD HIM HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  DR. BICARIA TREATED HIM FOR ALLERGIES, MAINLY TO FISH.