     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON JULY 20, 1996 AT ABOUT NOON TIME, THE DECEASED'S WIFE REPORTEDLY WENT SHOPPING AND LEFT THE DECEASED AT HOME IN THE COMPANY OF A MUTUAL FRIEND, WHO WAS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN.  WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME AT 3:45 PM., FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE LYING ON LIVING ROOM COUCH.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON RESPONDING, FOUND THE DECEASED IN LIVING ROOM FLOOR AND HE APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF UNKNOWN DRUG(S).   
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED LYING SUPINE ON LIVING ROOM COUCH, WITH A BRUISE ON HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE ABOVE HIS WAIST.  A LARGE CLEAR PLASTIC BAG WAS FOUND IN THE DECEASED'S ROOM CONTAINING NUMEROUS UNKNOWN TYPE WHITE TABLETS AND ORANGE COLORED  CAPSULES. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETECTED THAT THE DECEASED'S WIFE APPEARED TO BE ALSO UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF UNKNOWN DRUG(S).
DECEASED HAD HISTORY OF EPILEPSY AND HYPERTENSION AND WAS LAST SEEN AT THE E.R. OF  AVENTURA MEDICAL CENTER ON MAY 6,1996. DIAGNOSIS: SEIZURE. LACERATION OF CHIN.  WAS ON DILANTIN.  OTHER ADMISSIONS TO E.R ON DEC.13,1994 FOR DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA, ON DEC. 12,1994 FOR LACERATION TO LEFT CHEEK. WAS ADMITTED ON JULY 14,1993 TO JULY 15,1993, COPY OF DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS REQUESTED.



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