     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS SELF-EMPLOYED AS A FISHERMAN AND RESIDED IN A WOOD SHACK ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER LOCATED AT 37900 CARD SOUND ROAD.  
     OCTOBER 31, 1996 HE COMPLAINED TO HIS UNCLE THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM BODY ACHES AND THOUGHT THAT HE MAY HAVE THE FLU. AT 8:30 A.M. HE TOOK TWO ADVIL TABLETS AND AT 11:00 A.M. HE WENT TO SLEEP. AT 2:30 P.M. HE WAS FOUND EXPIRED. HE WAS LYING ON A PLASTIC MATTRESS ON THE SCREENED IN PORCH OF HIS RESIDENCE.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS KNOWN TO BE A HEAVY DRINKER AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE HAD HIS SPLEEN REMOVED AFTER AN ACCIDENT OVER ONE YEAR AGO. MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE INCLUDED OVER-THE-COUNTER ADVIL.