    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED IS FROM TEXAS AND ARRIVED IN MIAMI ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1996, TO VISIT RELATIVES.  PRIOR TO HER ARRIVAL TO MIAMI, ON SEPTEMBER 4, SHE FELL AT THE ENTRANCE OF HER TRAILER HOME.  SINCE THAT INCIDENT, SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HER SIDE.  ON SEPTEMBER 6, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED BY DR. VILLAREAL WHO DIAGNOSED HER WITH BRUISED RIBS.  AFTER HER ARRIVAL TO MIAMI, SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HER SIDE.  ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1996, SHE WAS TAKEN TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 2 OR MORE FRACTURED/CRACKED RIBS.  AFTER TREATMENT, SHE WAS RELEASED AND GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION.  ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996, ABT. 7:30P.M., SHE WAS IN THE KITCHEN OF THE ABOVE LOCATION WHEN SHE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  SHE WENT INTO THE BATHROOM, COLLAPSED AGAIN AND LAID DOWN.  ABT. 8:00A.M., SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS SHE HAS A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF ARTHIRITS.
    MEDICATION TRANSPORTED:  TAGAMET.
     