     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON SPET. 28, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE SUDDENLY COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN AND COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED AND HER INITIAL RHYTHM WAS VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL AND ARRIVED IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH NO VITAL SIGNS AND HER PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED.  CPR CONTINUED ALONG WITH PLACEMENT OF AN EXTERNAL PACER, BUT ALL RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE TO NO AVAIL AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:34 PM.
     THE DECEASED HAD NO SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL HISTORY, BUT WAS TREATED BY A DR. CATARY FOR ALLERGY SHOTS AND DR. BORJA (257-9556) FOR A FRACTURED SHOULDER AND WRIST SHE SUSTAINED ON MAY 30, 1996.  SHE WAS ALSO TREATED AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR THE FRACTURE.  ON SEPT. 23, 1996 SHE COMPLAINED OF SHOULDER PAIN WHILE FOLDING CLOTHES AND WENT TO SEE DR. ELBWOHL (668-2100) ON SEPT. 24, 1996.  SHE ALSO SUFFERED A NECK FUSION IN 1970.  SHE SMOKED A PACK OF CIGARETTES A DAY OR LESS, BUT DID NOT DRINK OR USE DRUGS.  SHE HAD BEEN UNDER A LOT OF STRESS AND PRESSURE LATELY DUE TO CARING FOR HER BLIND AND CRIPPLED DAUGHTER.