     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A YOUNG MALE WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON IN 1992. HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR A POSITIVE "H.IV." INFECTION WHILE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. HIS CONDITION BECAME GRAVE AND HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO HEALTHSOUTH  LARKINS HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 11, 1996. HE REMAINED AN INPATIENT BEING TREATED FOR SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS UNTIL HE EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 17, 1996. 
     HIS REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION. THERE WAS NO MEDICATION TRANSPORTED WITH THE REMAINS. 