     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON OCT. 17, 1996 ABOUT 5:00 AM THE DECEASED WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN BED AT HOME.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL.  SHE ARRIVED INTUBATED WITH CPR IN PROGRESS.  SHE WAS IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST WITH DILATED AND FIXED PUPILS.  DEPSITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:30 AM.
     ACCORDING TO THE HUSBAND THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND HAD A BLOOD PRESSURE READING OF 300/120 ON OCT. 16, 1996.  SHE TOOK TWO FIAC TABLETS, FELT BETTER AND HER PRESSURE WENT DOWN TO 150/90.  SHE HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. DEL BARRIO (558-9159), BUT HE DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR.  SHE SMOKED A PACK OF CIGARETTES A DAY, BUT DID NOT DRINK OR USE DRUGS. 
     DR. DEL BARRIO'S NURSE ADVISED HE TREATED THE DECEASED FOR HYPERTENSION, OBESITY, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND DEAFNESS.  SHE WAS ALSO A SMOKER AND NOT VERY COMPLIANT WITH TAKING HER MEDICATION.  HER LAST VISIT WAS IN APR. 94 AT SHE WAS REFERRED TO A CARDIOLOGIST AT THAT TIME.