     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WITH HISTORY OF EMPHYSEMA.  ON JULY 21, 1996 HER PHYSICIAN RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HER AND FOUND HER DEAD IN A SLIGHT STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.  DR. FERRER (441-1570) TREATED HER FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, HYPERTENSION AND HYPERTHYROIDISM.  HE TREATED HER FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS AND WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE, BUT THE DECEASED HAS NO KNOWN LIVING RELATIVES.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: CARDIZEM, TRENTAL, MECLIZINE, ALPRAZOLAM AND NAPROXEN.