     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.  HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN DETERIORATING AND ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 AT 10:43 PM., HE EXPIRED AT HOME IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CARETAKER.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND RESPONDED TO FIND HIM EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED EXPIRED, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  HE WAS BEING TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT INCLUDED: RETROVIR, SULFAMET/TRIMET, DIFLUCAN, LEUCOVORIN, VIDEX, FERROUS SULFATE, AND CHLOREXIDINE ORAL RINSE.
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     JMH PATIENT #  062-06-49.  DECEASED WAS LAST AT JMH-CLINIC ON AUGUST 26, 1986, FOR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME WITH RECURRENT PCP THRUSH - STILL SMOKING.  HE LEFT BEFORE RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION. LAST ADMITTED ON FEBRUARY 22, 1988 TO FEBRUARY 26, 1988. DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS: CELLULITIS.  VENOUS DERMATITIS.