     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 11, 1996 ABOUT 12:30 AM THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE BY HER DAUGHTER AS THEY PREPARED TO GO TO BED.  AT 5:00 AM THE DAUGHTER WENT TO WAKE HER FOR THEIR TRIP TO VENEZUELA, BUT SHE WAS NOT ON THE COUCH WHERE SHE USUALLY SLEPT.  THE DAUGTHER FOUND HER IN THE BATHROOM ON THE FLOOR UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.  SHE HAD A SMALL LUMP ON THE BACK OF HER HEAD THAT HAD BEEN BLEEDING, BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY.
     THE DECEASED HAD ONLY BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE APRIL 96.  SHE HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION, BUT WAS TREATED IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: PENICILLIN, DIFENAC, RETIN-A, BESANIL, VALIUM, RENITEC AND PRILACE.