	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
AN RESIDENT/INPATIENT AT JACKSON HEIGHT NURSING HOME. ON JULY 7, 1996, AT ABOUT 01:01PM, SHE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF HER ROOM UNRESPONSIVE AND EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED. UPON RESCUE'S ARRIVAL, THEY INITIATED RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AND FOUND A PIECE OF CHICKEN LODGED IN HER THROAT. HER AIR WAY WAS ESTABLISHED AND SHE REGAINED A PULSE. SHE WAS INTUBATED AND TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL SHE BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND EXPIRED ON JULY 9, 1996.   	