      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON DECEMBER 17, 1996 ABT. 10:30 P.M. THE DECEASED WAS ON THE TELEPHONE TALKING WITH A FRIEND WHEN SHE DROPPED THE PHONE ON THE FLOOR.  THE FRIEND HEARD HER GASPING FOR AIR AND AFTER NOT GETTING A RESPONSE FROM HER, SHE SUMMONED HER GRANDSON.  HE RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE AND LYING FACE DOWN NEXT TO THE BED.  POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED.   SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE A LACERATION TO HER FOREHEAD.   A SMALL POOL OF BLOOD WAS OBSERVED NEXT TO THE NIGHTSTAND - SHE APPARENTLY STRUCK HER HEAD WHEN SHE COLLAPSED.
     DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, HYPERTENSION AND ARRHYTHMIA.   SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED ABT. 4-5 MONTHS AGO AT DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL AND UNDER THE TREATMENT OF DR. DEAN ROLLER.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: LANOXIN, DYAZIDE, XANAX, QUINAM, ACHROMICINA AND MAXZIDE.