     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS AND HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 15, 1996.  HOWEVER, HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.   ON DECEMBER 18, 1996 POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE TRAILER PARK ABT. 5:00 P.M. REFERENCE A FOUL ODOR AND DID NOT DISCOVER HIM. ON DECEMBER 20, 1996, THEY RESPONDED AGAIN AND FOUND THE DECEASED LYING ON THE FLOOR IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.  NO MEDICATIONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE RESIDENCE - MEDICAL HISTORY TO BE OBTAINED.
      DECEASED WAS A DEAF MUTE AND WAS TAKEN TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 13, 1996 COMPLAINING OF SWELLING AND PAIN OF RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY FOR ABT. TWO WEEKS.  ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS WAS RULE OUT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS VS CELLULITIS.  CHEST X-RAY SHOWED MILD PLUERAL EFFUSION.  HE REFUSED TO BE ADMITTED AND LEFT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.