     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 3, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ABOUT 3:30 AM WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AND WENT TO SLEEP.  HIS WIFE LEFT THE RESIDENCE ABOUT 7:30 AM AND LEFT HIM SLEEPING.  ABOUT 11:00 AM THE DECEDENT'S SON FOUND HIM DEAD ON THE BEDROM FLOOR.
    THE DECEASED DRANK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OCCASIONALLY.  HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MEDICAL HISTORY, BUT HAD COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAINS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TOOK ZANTAC.