     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS VISITING MIAMI, FLORIDA FROM MOSCOW RUSSIA WHERE HE WAS SELF-EMPLOYED AS A RUSSIAN DISTILLER OWNER. HE ARRIVED FROM RUSSIA ON DECEMBER 6, 1996 AT APPROX 9:00 A.M. AND APPEARED ILL AT THAT TIME. HE WAS PALE, SWEATING AND SHAKING.
     DECEASED WAS STAYING AT THE FOUNTAINBLEU HOTEL IN ROOM #562 AND WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE DECEMBER 6, 1996 AT APPROX 10:20 A.M.. DECEMBER 7, 1996 HE WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE HIS ROOM BY THE HOTEL MAID. HE HAD EXPIRED AND VIEWED WITH NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA OR FOUL PLAY.