	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY MALE WHO WAS RETIRED AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. 
	IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME ON TUESDAY, JULY
16, 1996, AND ATTEMPTED TO LIGHT A GAS FUELED BAR-B-QUE GRILL WHEN IT IGNITED CAUSING SEVERE 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS BODY. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURN CENTER IN MIAMI.  
	UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS ALERT, ORIENTED AND COOPERATIVE. HE 
REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED DUE TO MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE AND HE EXPIRED ON JULY 28, 1996. 
	HIS PAST MEDICAL HISTORY WAS FOR INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETES 
MELLITUS , ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, RECURRENT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PROGRESSIVE RENAL FAILURE WITH AN "AICD" IMPLANT ABOUT FIVE YEARS PRIOR, WITH A REPLACEMENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 