	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON JULY 23, 1996, A 
FRIEND OF THE DECEASED CONTACTED POLICE TO ADVISE  THEM THAT HE WAS VERY ILL AND THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD ANY THING FROM HIM IN  SEVERAL DAYS, REQUESTING THAT THEY CHECK ON HIS WELL BEING.  UPON 
THEIR ARRIVAL AT HIS RESIDENCE, THEY FOUND THE DOOR LOCKED, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A PASS KEY AND THE DOOR WAS OPENED, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LYING ON A MATRESS EXPIRED, IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION. 
	NEIGHBORS ADVISED POLICE THAT THE DECEASED WAS A CHRONIC 
ALCOHOLIC AND THAT HE HAD A HEART PROBLEM, HE HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL SEVERAL WEEKS EARLIER. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.		