	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON AUGUST 21, 1996, 
AT ABOUT 3:00 AM, IN THE MORNING, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE OF A FRIEND. WHEN THE FRIEND OPENED  HIS FRONT DOOR, HE FOUND THE DECEASED LYING NEXT TO THE DOOR WITH A BICYCLE NEXT TO HIM AND AN EMPTY BEER CAN IN HIS HAND. HE APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED BUT RESPONSIVE. 
	THE FRIEND PULLED HIM INSIDE TO THE LIVINGROOM FLOOR, HE PROPTED 
HIM UP AGAINST THE SOFA IN A SITTING POSITION.  HE ADVISED THE FRIEND THAT HE WAS SLEEPY AND THAT HE WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP FOR A WHILE.  HE LEFT HIM THERE AND WENT TO BED HIM SELF.   AT ABOUT 7:30 AM, HE FOUND THE DECEASED IN THE SAME POSITION, BELIEVED TO BE SLEEPING, HE WENT OUT TO THE STORE AND RETURNED AT ABOUT 9:50 AM. HE NOTICED THE DECEASED HAD NOT MOVED AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE BREATHING. HE CALLED EMERGENCY RESCUE WHO RESPONDED TO PRONOUNCE HIM DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
      THE DECEASED'S FATHER AND HIS FRIEND ADVISED POLICE THAT HE WAS 
A DRUG ABUSER WHO USED "CRACK COCAINE" FOR 15 YEARS.  

                                *** REFILED ON OCTOBER 27, 1996 ***  BAR **
  