    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON DECEMBER 10, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  HER SON CALLED FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND BEGAN TO PERFORM C.P.R. UNITL THE ARRIVAL OF FIRE RESCUE.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS CONTINUED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 1:20P.M., SHE EXPIRED.
    SHE HAS BEEN TREATED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER AND HAD A HISTORY OF INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETES MELLITUS AND HYPERTENSION.  NO MEDICATIONS WERE TRANSPORTED.