     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS RETIRED, BUT KEPT ACTIVE DOING ODD JOBS.  ON OCT. 4, 1996 HE LEFT HOME EARLY THAT MORNING AND RETURNED AROUND 11:00 AM.  HE TOLD HIS WIFE HE DIDN'T FEEL WELL AND WANTED TO LIE DOWN.  SHE NOTICED HE LOOKED PALE AND WEAK.  SHE OFFERED TO CALL FIRE RESCUE, BUT HE REFUSED.  AT 1:00 PM SHE WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  SHE CALLED FIRE RESCUE AND THEY PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD UPON ARRIVAL.
     ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE OF 29 YEARS THE DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN TREATED BY A DOCTOR SINCE HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD BACK IN CUBA.  HE ONLY COMPLAINED OF STOMACH PAIN ON OCCASION.