     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A MIDDLE AGED FEMALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AT ABOUT 7:40 AM, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1996, WHEN HER SON LEFT FOR WORK. HE RETURNED HOME AT ABOUT 2:30 PM, TO FIND HER SEATED IN A CHAIR WITH HER EYES CLOSED. HE WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY VITAL SIGNS SO EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. 
     HER PAST MEDICAL HISTORY WAS FOR ASTHMA WHICH SHE REPORTEDLY SUFFERED WITH ALL OF HER LIFE, HYPERTENSION, ARTHRITIS AND DIABETES MELLITUS. SHE HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. FRENCH (835-8122), FOR THE ASTHMA AS WELL AS HYPERTENSION, SHE WEIGHED 360 POUNDS. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 