     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A RESIDENT OF THE BISCAYNE PARKE NURSING HOME. HE WAS UNDER THE MEDICAL CARE OF DR. S. MURRAY FOR HYPERTENSION AND DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. HE AMBULATED WITH A WALKER AND WAS MENTALLY CONFUSED.  REPORTED MEDICATIONS: LANOXIN, ECOTRIN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE.
     DECEMBER 27, 1996 AT APPROX 8:01 A.M. THE DECEASED WAS CHECKED ON BY THE NURSE ON DUTY. UPON RESPONDING TO HIS ROOM, HE WAS DISCOVERED KNEELING NEXT TO HIS ROOMMATE'S BED. THE NURSE PLACED HIM BACK IN BED AT WHICH TIME SHE NOTED HIM NOT BREATHING. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED, HOWEVER UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS PRONOUNCED D.O.A..