     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN BED NOT BREATHING.  FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED, HOWEVER UPON THEIR ARRIVAL SHE WAS PRONOUNCED D.O.A.. POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED HER IN BED WEARING A NIGHTGOWN, ROLLERS IN HER HAIR AND EYEGLASSES. NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED RESIDED IN CALIFORNIA AND WAS VISITING MIAMI. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER AND HAD HER BREAST AND UTERUS REMOVED. ACCORDING TO MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED, THE DEC'D ALSO SUFFERED WITH HYPERTENSION, OBESITY AND ASTHMA. SHE WAS ALSO BEING TREATED AT THE PERRIS MEDICAL CENTER IN CALIFORNIA FOR DEPRESSION. MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED INCLUDED: AMITRIPTYLINE 50MG, IBUPROFEN 400MG AND CAPTOPRIL 100MG.