     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST HEARD FROM ON JULY 2, 1996.  ON JULY 6, 1996 HER BROTHER REPORTED HER MISSING.  ON JULY 7, 1996 HE RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE WITH A LOCKSMITH, BECAUSE HE SMELLED A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE GARAGE AREA.  UPON GAINING ENTRY HE FOUND THE DECEASED DEAD IN HER VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.  SHE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.  THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS AJAR AND HER LEFT FOOT WAS OUT OF THE DOOR.  HER SHOES WERE OFF AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE.  THE IGNITION WAS NOT ENGAGED.
     ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS THE DECEASED WAS AN ASTHMATIC AS A CHILD, BUT NO OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THEN.  SHE WAS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS DUE TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, BUT SHE NEVER EXPRESSED SUICIDAL IDEATIONS OR EVER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  SHE DRANK, SMOKED AND USED UNKNOWN DRUGS, BUT ONLY RECREATIONALLY.
     SHE WAS TREATED BY DR. GRAVES (255-1355) FOR A ROUTINE PHYSICAL ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO.  DR. GRAVES ADVISED SHE CAME IN DUE TO A VAGINAL DISCHARGE, BUT ALL BLOOD WORK WAS NEGATIVE AND HER VITAL SIGNS WERE NORMAL.  SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS.  

                         ***  AMENDED ON JULY 20, 1996  ***  [ BAR ]