     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED LIVES ALONE IN A SMALL ROOM OF A BOARDING HOUSE. HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE 6-7 DAYS PRIOR TO JULY 15, 1996 BY A FRIEND AND HIS SON LAST SPOKE WITH HIM ON JULY 10, 1996.
     JULY 14, 1996 THE DECEASED SON RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE A COUPLE OF TIMES, HOWEVER HE GOT NO RESPONSE AND RECALLS NO FOUL ODOR AT THAT TIME.
     JULY 15, 1996 HIS SON RETURNED AND IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE SMELLED A FOUL ODOR EMITTING AND OBSERVED FLIES AROUND THE DOORS AND WINDOWS. HIS SON SUMMONED THE LANDLORD WHO GAINED ENTRY INTO THE LOCKED ROOM. UPON ENTERING, THE DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED EXPIRED AND IN ADVANCED STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION.

     ACCORDING TO HIS SON, THE DEC'D HAD A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL. HE WOULD NOT EAT AND WOULD ONLY DRINK BEER AND LIQUOR.