     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HEART RELATED PROBLEMS AND ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, HE HAD A VALVE REPLACEMENT IN A BOSTON MASS. HOSPITAL.
     AUGUST 12, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS TAKING A NAP WHEN AT APPROX 5:30 P.M., HIS WIFE ATTEMPTED TO WAKE HIM. SHE DISCOVERED HIM UNRESPONSIVE AND SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITAL SIGNS. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 6:53 P.M..