     ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION FROM THE FUNERAL HOME AND THE DEATH CERTIFICATE; THE DECEASED WAS A YOUND MALE WHO WORKED AS A DELIVERY PERSON FOR SEARS STORES. HE REPORTEDLY HAD A HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AS WELL AS A HISTORY OF A SEIZURE DISORDER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 25, 1996, AND EXPIRED A SHORT TIME LATER IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HIS REMAINS WERE RELEASED TO A FUNERAL HOME ON THE WORD OF HIS DOCTOR THAT A CERTIFICATE OF DEATH WOULD BE SIGNED BY HIM. THE DOCTOR LATER REFUSED TO SIGN THE CERTIFICATE AND THE REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION. 
      PAST HISTORY OF TREATMENT AT NORTHSHORE MEDICAL CENTER REVEALED THAT THE DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED THERE IN SEPTEMBER 1996, FOR HIS SEIZURE DISORDER AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ELEVATED LIVER FUNCTION TEST AS WELL AS SEVERE ANEMIA. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.  