     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN INMATE AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA RECEPTION CENTER IN WEST DADE COUNTY SINCE OCTOBER 22, 1996. HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED  "H.I.V." POSITIVE SINCE 1992. 
     ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1996, HE SUFFERED A RESPIRATORY ARREST AT ABOUT 7:20 AM, AND EXPIRED AT 7:50 AM.
     POLICE ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED SIGNED A "DO NOT RESUSCITATE"  FORM WITH A REQUEST NOT TO BE PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT. HE HAD BEEN TREATED AT LARKINS HOSPITAL IN THE PAST AND RETURNED TO THE MEDICAL WARD OF THE FACILITY ON NOVEMBER 14, 1996.  NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.  
