     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 18, 1996 A.M., THE DECEASED WAS SLEEPING WITH HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND AT HOME WHEN SHE FELT THAT HE HAD MOVED, THEN FELL OUT OF BED.    FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, IN ASYSTOLE.   CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY WEST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT 3:50 AM.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA. ACCORDING TO HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND,  THE DECEASED HAD NO PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY.  A SISTER OF THE DECEASED WAS LATER CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND ALSO SUFFERED WITH A HEART CONDITION.


                            **  REFILED ON FEBRUARY 25,1997  ---   IP  **

                            