    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED, THE DECEASED WAS TREATED BY DR. STEINHART FOR THE PAST 2-3 YEARS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH  H.I.V.(+) IN 1980.  ON DECEMBER 28, 1996, AT 10:00A.M., HE WAS FOUND DECEASED AT HOME.  HIS PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED  THAT HE WOULD CERTIFY HIS DEATH.  HOWEVER, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1997, HIS PHYSICIAN, DR. STEINHART, STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT CERTIFY THE DEATH, BECAUSED HE DID NOT KNOW WHY THE DECEASED EXPIRED.  HE WAS ALSO TREATED DR. DONNA JACOBSON, WHO STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN TREATING HIM SINCE 1989, FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC H.I.V. (+), CHRONIC PANCREATITIS DUE TO HEAVY ETOH ABUSE, SMOKING AND HYPERTENSION.  SHE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DEPRESSED OVER THE DEATH OF HIS LOVER WHO EXPIRED 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO AND STRESSED THAT HE WANTED TO DIE.  HE HOWEVER, HAD NOT THREATEN SUICIDE.  ABT. 1 OR 2 MONTHS AGO, HE HAD BEEN TREATED AT MERCY HOSPITAL FOR HIS MEDICAL PROBLEMS.