     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY LIVED ALONE AND HAD NOT BEEN SEEN FOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  ON JULY 11, 1996 A.M., THE MAIL CARRIER, CONCERNED THAT THE DECEASED HAD NOT PICKED-UP HER MAIL AND SUMMONED FRU.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FORCED ENTRY THEIR WAY INTO THE APARTMENT, TO FIND THE DECEASED EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED THE DECEASED EXPIRED, WITH NO VISBILE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  SHE WAS FACE-UP SIDEWAYS ON A CHAIR.  THE BACK OF HER HEAD WAS RESTING ON A CHAIRS ARM AND HER LEGS ON THE OTHER ARM REST.  
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     AS  PER HER DAUGHTER,  THE DECEASED SUFFERED FROM DIVERTICULOSIS, BUT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR, IN YEARS. SHE HAD NO OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS.  SHE LAST SPOKE TO THER ON THE PHONE ON SUNDAY, JULY 7,1996, AND THE DECEASED TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD FALLEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THAT SHE HAD SOME PAIN AT SITTING DOWN.