    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 THE RESIDENCE'S STAFF RESPONDED TO DECEASED'S APARTMENT TO CHECK ON HER WELL BEINGS.   UPON ENTERING, THEY FOUND HER ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR EXPIRED IN A SLIGHT STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.   POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
     DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. IKPE AND REPORTEDLY WAS IN POOR HEALTH.  SHE WAS ADVISED BY HER DOCTOR IN JULY 1996 THAT SHE NEEDED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE KIDNEY TREATMENT.  HOWEVER, SHE REFUSED AND DID NOT RETURN TO HER DOCTORS' OFFICE.   MEDICAL HISTORY TO BE OBTAINED.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THIS OFFICE INCLUDED: LANOXIN, FUROSEMIDE AND MONOPRIL. 
    PER DR. IKPE DECEASED HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSION, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE AND PNEUMONIA.