     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED AND HIS WIFE HAVE A HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE. DECEASED SISTER-IN-LAW ATTEMPTED TO REACH THEM SINCE DECEMBER 2, 1996 HOWEVER WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
     DECEMBER 5, 1996 SHE RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE AND ENTERED. UPON HER ARRIVAL SHE FOUND THE DECEASED IN BED EXPIRED AND HIS WIFE LYING NEXT TO HIM AWAKE, HOWEVER INCOHERANT. DEC'D WIFE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEERING HOSPITAL BY RANDLE EASTERN. SHE HAD DIARRHEA AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OR HISTORY ON THE DECEASED.
     POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED NO TRAUMA. IT APPEARED THE DEC'D HAD BEEN VOMITING A DARK COLORED LIQUID.