     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE WOKE UP THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1996, COMPLAINING OF BREATHING DIFFICULTY AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS MOMENTS LATER. EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
      SHE HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT BY DR. DE LA PORTILLA IN THE PAST FOR CARDIAC PROBLEMS, DEHYDRATION AND HYPERTENSION WITH PRESSURE READING OF 210/100 AT ONE POINT. SHE HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS OF HALOPERIDOL, THEO-DUR, BENZTROPINE, CARDIZEM AND SULFAMETHOKAZOLE. ALL WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DECEASED.   