     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON NOVEMBER 29, 1996 AT 11:20 AM., THE DECEASED'S MOTHER (92 YEARS OLD) FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE ON KITCHEN FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND HIM DEAD.  POLICE REPORT INDICATES THAT FIRE RESCUE TEAM ON THE SCENE NOTICED THE SMELL OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STOVE, WHERE THE DECEASED HAD BEEN COOKING.
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     POLICE ON THE SCENE VIEWED THE DECEASED LYING PRONE ON FLOOR, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  HE REPORTEDLY WAS BEING TREATED FOR HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, AND POSSIBLY FOR PROSTATE PROBLEMS.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF: PROCARDIA, VASOTEC, GLIPIZIDE, DIPHENHYDRAMINE, AND ALLOPURINOL.
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     THE DECEASED WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. PEDRO CARO, 261-8001, WHO LAST SAW HIM ABOUT A MONTH AGO.  DIAGNOSIS: HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS WITH SPLENOMEGALY. (CIRRHOSIS, NON-ALCOHOLIC, ETIOLOGY UNKNOWN) DIABETES MELLITUS, HYPERTENSION, STATUS POST RENAL LITHIASIS, LEFT KIDNEY CYST, DIVERTICULITIS, AND OBESITY.