     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY MALE WHO WAS RETIRED AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.  HE HAD A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS AND UNDER WENT A  HEART CATHETERIZATION WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON DECEMBER 24, 1996, AT MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS DISCHARGED FOR HOME ON DECEMBER 26, AND RETURNED HOME IN A TAXI.  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER HE FELL TWICE AFTER RETURNING HOME. THE SECOND FELL CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. THE STITCHING WAS DONE BY DR. VALLADARES AT HIS OFFICE IN HIALEAH  BEFORE  HE WAS TAKEN TO PALMS SPRINGS HOSPITAL, THEN TRANSFERRED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL. 
     AT THE HIALEAH HOSPITAL SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO EVACUATE A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA. HIS CONDITION WORSENED AND HE EXPIRED AT 3:15 PM, DECEMBER 30, 1996.