     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED HAD A  HISTORY OF DEPRESSION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.  SHE ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF DIABETES AND HEAVY SMOKING.  
     ON JULY 10, 1996 THE DECEASED HUSBAND OBSERVED THE BATHROOM DOOR LOCKED.  HE OPENED THE DOOR AFTER NOT GETTING A RESPONSE TO HIS KNOCKS.  UPON DOING SO, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLOOR  SOAKED WITH BLEACH.  HER HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR AND DECEASED WITH WATER BECAUSE THE ODOR WAS BLEACH WAS "OVER COMING".   POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED.  SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE POSSIBLE BURNS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STOMACH AND FACE.  AN OPENED BOTTLE OF SUSPECTED BLEACH WAS FOUND IN THE BATHROOM.
     DECEASED HAD TALKED ABT. SUICIDE IN THE PAST BUT NEVER MADE ANY ATTEMPTS.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: CHLORPROMAZINE,  GLYNASE, AMITRIPTYLINE, CATAFLAM AND FLURAZEPAM.  SHE HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR.  CAHN FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.