     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 7, 1996 THE DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL AND SEVERE HEADACHES.  SHE TOOK ONE TYLENOL AND A GLASS OF MILK ABOUT 3:00 AM, AUG. 8, 1996.  AT 10:00 AM SHE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BATHROOM KNEELING BESIDE THE BATHTUB, SLUMPED FACE DOWN WITH HER HEAD SUBMERGED IN THE TUB OF WATER.
     ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER AND UNDERWENT A MASTECTOMY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO IN BRAZIL, POSSIBLE METASTASIES TO LUNG.  SHE HAD COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES RECENTLY, BUT REFUSED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.