ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  The decedent was last seen by his common-law wife on the above aforementioned date.  She had returned from the store after purchasing his second bottle of wine.  He laid down on the sofa, before consuming it and fell asleep.  When she later attempted to awaken him, he was unresponsive.  Fire-Rescue and the Police were summoned, it was determined the decedent was "Dead On Arrival".

MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED:  Aspirin 325mg (0), Furosemide 20mg (0), Lanoxin .25mg (0), K+10 Potassium (0), Lotensin 10mg (15), and Cephalexin 500mg (11).

MEDICAL HISTORY:  Per Ms. Anderson(common-law-wife);  He had suffered from heart disease, was treated at CAC Ramsey and had been hospitalized at several local hospitals.  *The decedent had a severe alcohol problem, with no apparent treatment or counseling.

HOSPITALIZATIONS:  Per CAC Medical Center Emergency Room Dr. Lopez; records reflect the decedent's last visit was on December 10, 1996, with Heart Failure and Bronchitis.  Medications Prescribed; Lotensin, Laxis, Potassium, Aspirin, and Digoxin.  A previous visit to their Cardiologist on 06/05/96, with a Dialated Cardiomyopathy and Hypertension.  Per Baptist Hospital Emergency Room record's custodian he was previously admitted on 11/07/95 until 11/13/95, fro Angina Petoris.  Per SMH Homestead Hospital Emergency Room records he was brought in by Metro-Dade Fire-Rescue on 09/14/95, admitted until his discharge on 09/16/95, for Congestive Heart Failure(sinus rythm with left bundle branch block), Chronic Alcoholism, Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular, and Cardiomyopathy.  Also noted was a previous visit to this same institution with an episode of Cardiomyopathy and Pancreatitis. Medications Prescribed:  Librium, Lanoxinm Vitamin B, and Nitroglycerin.  Per Jackson Memorial Hospital record's custodian the decedent was treated and released from the Emergency Room on 11/07/90 and 11/23/93, for Heart Failure. 