    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,.  ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 DECEASED ADVISED HER HUSBAND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR.   A SHORT TIME LATER, HE WENT TO CHECK ON HER AND FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND COLD TO TOUCH.  POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE WERE SUMMONED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
    DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL IN MAY 1996 AFTER SUFFERING SEIZURE ACTIVITY AT HER RESIDENCE.  HER ADMITING IMPRESSIONS WERE SEIZURE DISORDER PROBABLY SECONDARY TO ALCOHOL WITHDRAWALS, ACUTE ANEMIA, CHRONIC ALCOHOL ABUSE, CHRONIC SMOKER AND IMPENDING DELIRIUM TREMENS.  SHE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED A FEW DAYS, AND WAS RELEASED WITH A DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS OF SEVERE SYMPTOMATIC ANEMIA SECONDARY TO MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED DUE TO A MALLORY-WEISS TEAR, TOXIC LIVER SYNDROME DUE TO ALCOHOL ABUSE.  A DAY PRIOR TO HER DISCHARGE SHE WAS BAKER ACTED BECAUSE OF DIFFICULT BEHAVIOR - REFUSING MEDICAL TREATMENT.