      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DRINKING ALL DAY.  ABT. 7:00 P.M., HE WAS NOTICED TO BE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.  HE ASKED A FRIEND TO HELP HIM OUT OF BED.  A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE WAS OBSERVED NOT TO BE BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED.
       DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST AT VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AND REPORTEDLY HAD LYMPH NODE PROBLEMS.  MEDICAL HISTORY TO BE OBTAINED.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: CEPHALEXIN, IBUPROFEN AND NADOLOL.
       PER V.A. MEDICAL RECORDS: DECEASED HAD BEEN ADMITTED IN APRIL 1996 WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE HYDRADENITIS, MULTIPLE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HYPERTENSION.  HE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF  CHEST WALL ABSCESS, COCAINE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.