     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 22, 1996 A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE AFTER SHE DID NOT COME TO HER APARTMENT FOR A SCHEDULED CARD GAME.  AFTER BEING LET IN BY THE APARTMENT MANAGER, THE FRIEND FOUND THE DECEASED DEAD IN BED IN A FETAL POSITION.  POLICE FOUND NO SIGN OF TRAUMA OR FOUL PLAY.  
     THE DECEASED WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. MURRAY (949-7273) WHO TREATED HER SINCE NOV. 95, BUT FOR NO MAJOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS.  HER LAST VISIT WAS AUG. 20, 1996 AND SHE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN.  HER BLOOD WORK WAS NORMAL AND THE DECEASED DENIED ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE.  DR. MURRAY PRESCRIBED DARVOCET FOR HER BACK PAIN AND RESTORIL TO HELP HER SLEEP.
     ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY THE DECEASED DID NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS.  SHE WAS TAKING PAIN MEDICATION THAT MADE HER VOMIT AND SHE STOPPED TAKING THEM.  SHE WAS TREATED AT AVENTURA HOSPITAL ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER A TRIP AND FALL INCIDENT, BUT DID NOT HAVE HEART DISEASE OR CANCER.
    MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: RESTORIL, DARVOCET AND ATIVAN.