     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON AUG. 21, 1996 BY HIS NEPHEW.  ON AUG. 23, 1996 ABOUT 5:30 PM HIS NEPHEW WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND THE RESIDENCE SECURE.  AFTER THE DECEASED DID NOT ANSWER, HIS NEPHEW ENTERED WITH A KEY AND FOUND DECEASED DEAD IN BED.
     ACCORDING TO THE NEPHEW THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE AND WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. REICHBACH (652-7161).  DR. REICHBACH ADVISED HE WAS TREATING THE DECEASED FOR HYPERTENSIOPN, SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND SEVERE HEART DISEASE.  HE DOES NOT FEEL AN AUTOPSY IS NECESSARY.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: LANOXIN, AMOXIL, PHENOBARBITOL, LASIX AND TRIMOX. 