     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A YOUNG FEMALE WHO REPORTEDLY HAD A DRUG DEPENDANCY PROBLEMS AND HAD BEEN TREATED FOR THE SAME AT DEERING HOSPITAL AS WELL AS A METHODONE CLINIC IN SOUTH DADE. 
     ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1996, SHE ARRIVED AT 10755 SW WEST 217TH STREET AT ABOUT 6:00 PM. DRINKING A BEER ACCORDING TO HER FRIEND WHO ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED APPEARED TO BE "HIGH", AS SHE CONTINUED TO FALL ASLEEP.  THE REPORTER LEFT THE HOUSE AT ABOUT 9:00 PM, AND RETURNED ABOUT 10 MINUTED LATER TO FIND THAT SHE WAS STILL FALLING ASLEEP. SHE HELPED HER INTO BED AND PROPPED UP HER HEAD WITH PILLOWS TO HELP PREVENT SNORING, SHE THEN WENT TO BE BED HERSELF.  SHE WOKE UP AT ABOUT 8:15 AM, ON SUNDAY, TOUCHED THE DECEASED TO FIND HER COLD TO TOUCH, NOT BREATHING AND UNRESPONSIVE. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED, THEY RESPONDED TO PRONOUNCE HER DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF DRUG ABUSE (HEROIN), ASTHMA,  WITH TREATMENT AT DEERING HOSPITAL.   MEDICATION: ALBUTEROL AND A SMALL BOTTLE CONTAINING AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DECEASED.   

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