     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD NOT BEEN SEEN FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS.  ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 HIS FRIEND BECAME CONCERNED AND WENT TO CHECK ON HIS WELFARE.  HE LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW AND OBSERVED THE DECEASED LYING NUDE ON THE FLOOR IN A FETAL POSITION.  HIS FRIEND ENTERED THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW AND NOTIFIED POLICE.   POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
    DECEASED HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF PAIN A FEW DAYS AGO AND WAS GIVEN SOME PAIN KILLERS (HYDROCODONE) BY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR.  THE VIAL OF PILLS WERE FOUND OPEN ON THE NIGHT STAND NEXT TO THE DECEASED.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY PILLS WERE TAKEN.   HE WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. ROBERT ROSENBLUM AND HAD A HISTORY OF DIABETES AND LYMPHOMA.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED:  ZANTAC, GLUCOTROL, CHLORPROPAMIDE, HUMULIN INSULIN AND HYDROCODONE.