     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUGUST 1, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS HOME WITH HIS NIECE WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED ON THE BED AFTER COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN AND BEGAN BREATHING HEAVILY.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, BUT HE HAD STOPPED BREATHING UPON THEIR ARRIVAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
     ACCORDING TO FAMILY, THE DECEASED SMOKED, BUT DID NOT DRINK.  HE WAS PARALYZED IN HIS LEFT ARM DUE TO A STROKE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, BUT WAS ABLE TO WALK AND GET AROUND.  HE HAD COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS, BUT DID NOT WANT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  HE HAD NOT SEEN A DOCTOR IN OVER THREE YEARS.  HE WAS SEEN AT PAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN THE E/R IN MAY 96 AFTER COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN, BUT REFUSED TO SEE THE DOCTOR SAYING, "THE PAIN WAS GONE AND HE WANTED TO GO HOME".
