     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS FEMALE WHO WAS FROM SOUTH AMERICA, VISITING FAMILY MEMBERS IN MIAMI. 
     ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1996, SHE WAS AT HER SON'S RESIDENCE WHEN SHE STARTED COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 2:00 PM. SHE REPORTEDLY RECOVERED BUT CONTINUED TO HAVE SOME DISCOMFORT IN HER CHEST. AT ABOUT 7:00 PM, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE THE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AGAIN, AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED, RESPONDED, SHE RECOVERED FOR A MOMENT AND REFUSED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. AT ABOUT 9:00 PM, SHE BEGAN TO VOMIT AND PASSED OUT AGAIN. RESCUE UNITS RETURNED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED HER TO CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL . 
     UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL SHE WAS RESTLESS, ANXIOUS, DIAPHORETIC, THE CARDIAC MONITOR SHOWED A VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIC RHYTHM WHICH CARDOVERTED TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES WERE INITIATED TO WHICH THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 10:50 PM. 