    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 5, 1996.  AT THAT TIME HE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION AT HIS RESIDENCE.  ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS, HE WAS A RECLUSE AND DID NOT WANT PEOPLE AROUND HIM.  ON NOVEMBER 6, 1996, AT 9:53A.M., A NEIGHBOR RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE TO BRING HIM SOME FOOD AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS NEICE, HE HAS A LUNG CONDITION WHICH WAS SECONDARY TO HIM SMOKING AND WAS TREATED AT CAC CLINIC.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM CAC MEDICAL CENTER'S RECORDS, HE WAS LAST SEEN AT THE CLINIC ON JUNE 24, 1996, FOR A PHYSCIAL EXAMINATION.  HE HAS A HISTORY OF COLON CANCER, TOBACCO ABUSE AND UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION.  HE HAD SURGERY FOR THE CANCER WHICH REQUIRED A COLOSTOMY BAG.
    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MERCY HOSPITAL RECORDS, HE HAS A HISTORY OF BILATERAL PNEUMONIA, HYPOXIA, DEHYDRATION, CARCINOMA OF THE COLON AND INCOMPLETE LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK AND RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK.