     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED  AND HER FAMILY REPORTEDLY WERE AT HOME ON DECEMBER 13, 1996 P.M., AND THEY WERE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION WHEN THE DECEASED BEGAN TO "HAVE THE SHAKES" AND TO  COMPLAIN OF DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOUND HER CONSCIOUS, COMPLAINING OF DIFFICULTY  BREATHING, NO CHEST PAIN.  SHE APPEARED VERY SWEATY, WITH RESPIRATION RATE OF 20, AND PULSE 150, UNABLE TO TAKE A BLOOD PRESSURE READING. SHE WAS ALERT AND ORIENTED.   WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (PATIENT # 7053759/1774121) ADMITTED AT 5:26 PM., DIAPHORETIC, WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH.     SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHE WENT INTO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND RESUSCITATION PROTOCOL WAS INITIATED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT POSITIVE RESULTS.  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:50 P.M.
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     AS PER DAUGHTER, WHO WAS LATER CONTACTED, THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND OSTEOARTHRITIS.  WAS LAST SEEN BY A DOCTOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR MORE WHEN SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HEARTLAND REHABILITATION CENTER, FOR REHABILITATION, AS SHE WAS UNABLE TO WALK DUE TO SEVERE OSTEOARTHRITIS.  AT HOME SHE WAS WHEELCHAIR BOUND.  