     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS AT HOME ON NOVEMBER 1,1996  AM., WHEN SHE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE CHEST PAINS.   SHE CALLED "911" HERSELF.
FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND THE DECEASED IN RESPIRATORY ARREST, IN ASYSTOLE.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA KENDALL MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 8:58 AM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, IN ASYSTOLE. RESUSCITATION PROTOCOL CONTINUED UNTIL 9:28 AM., WHEN SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL AND CONTACTED A DOCTOR WHO STATED HE HAD SEEN THE DECEASED ONLY ONCE AND WAS NOT WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.   A SISTER OF THE DECEASED ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED SUFFERED FROM DIABETES MELLITUS AND WAS ON INSULIN.    DR. SUSANA LEAL-CURIE, 361-9435 LATER CALLED THIS OFFICE AND ADVISED THAT SHE WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE DECEASED AND HER FAMILY AND HAD ALSO TREATED THE DECEASED IN THE CAPACITY OF A DERMATOLOGIST FOR SIGNIFICANT KELOID PROBLEMS.  THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY OF CARDIAC DISEASE.  THE DECEASED HAD BEEN UNDERGOING A LOT OF STRESS AFTER A RECENT DIVORCE AND PROBLEMS WITH A NEW BOYFRIEND, BUT SHE WAS NOT DEPRESSED OR SUICIDAL.  DR. LEAL-CURIE FURTHER STATED THAT THE FAMILY REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY DONE AND THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.