    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 28, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS LYING IN BED WHEN HE BEGAN MAKING LOUD SNORING NOISES AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM IN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND THEN ASYSTOLE.  HE WAS DEFIBRILLATED SEVERAL TIMES, MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED AND TRANSPORTED TO DEERING HOSPITAL.   
     UPON ARRIVAL, ON THUMPER AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS.  RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE EXPIRED AT 7:19 P.M..
       HE HAD A HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER AND HYPERTENSION. HE WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. TEJEDA WHO REFUSED TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.