     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS "B" ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO IN HIS NATIVE "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC" AND WAS REPORTEDLY ON MEDICATION, HOWEVER NONE WERE FOUND.

     ACCORDING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, AUGUST 17, 1996 SHE GOT UP TO GO TO WORK AT APPROX 6:30 A.M.. THE DEC'D WAS AWAKE AT THAT TIME AND APPEARED NORMAL. APPROX 10 MINUTES LATER AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM, SHE OBSERVED HIM FOAMING FROM THE MOUTH AND IN CONVULSIONS. SHE INITIATED C.P.R. AND SUMMONED MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM D.O.A..