	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A 
REFUGEE FROM CUBA WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES THREE YEARS AGO. HE WAS EMPPLOYED AS A PATHOLOGIST AT PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL. HE WAS A HEAVY SMOKER WITH A HISTORY OF THREE PRIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS. 
	ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1996, HE RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AT 
ABOUT 5:00 PM, HE ATE DINNER AT ABOUT 5:30 PM, WHICH CONSISTED OF RICE, A STEAK,  FRIED POTATOES AND A SALAD. AT ABOUT 10:00 PM, HE WENT IN TO TAKE A SHOWER. MOMENTS LATER HIS WIFE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WENT IN TO INVESTIGATE. SHE FOUND HIM LYING IN THE SHOWER AREA MOANING. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED, THEY RESPONDED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL WITH RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS IN PROGRESS. 	 
      UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS WITH OUT VITAL SIGNS, DISPITE AGGRESSIVE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS, HE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE MEASURES AND DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 11:18 PM. 
	PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS WITH THREE MYOCARDIAL 
INFARCTIONS WITH TREATMENT AT MERCY HOSPITAL, HE HAD NOT BEEN TREATED BY ANY DOCTORS THAT THE FAMILY MEMBERS KNEW OF, HOWEVER HE USED NITRO PACHED WHEN THEY WERE NEEDED. HE WAS NOT TAKING ANY OTHER MEDICATION ACCORDING TO THEM.  
