      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT DECEASED WAS EXPERIENCING AN EARLY STAGE OF ALZHEIMERS'  DISEASE BUT REFUSED TO MOVE OUT OF HER RESIDENCE TO LIVE WITH FAMILY.  
      ON JULY 12, 1996 HER SON RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE AFTER HE HAD NOT HEARD FROM HER IN FOUR DAYS AND WAS UNABLE TO MAKE TELEPHONE CONTACT.  HE AND POLICE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND HER LYING IN BED IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.
     DECEASED ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES.  SHE WAS BEING TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.  MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.