     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 6, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT A BAR DRINKING WITH FRIENDS WHEN THEY NOTICED SHE WAS LEANING OVER THE BAR.  SHE WOULD NOT AWAKE AND FIRE RESCUE TRANSPORTED HER TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
     SHE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN ASYSTOLE, AND DESPITE RESUSCUTATIVE EFFORTS SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:55 AM.

     FAMILY AND FRIENDS ADVISED THE DECEASED DID NOT HAVE A DRINKING OR MEDICAL PROBLEM, BUT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF TAKING SINUS PILLS AND COCAINE ABUSE ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO.  THE DECEASED WAS DEPRESSED OVER FAMILY PROBLEMS, BUT NOT SUICIDAL.  SHE WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. ALBERT (261-2391), BUT HE DID NOT TREAT HER FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL PROBLEMS.