     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: JULY 22, 1996 THE DECEASED COMPLAINED OF STOMACH PAINS TO HER HUSBAND BUT ACCORDING TO HIM, SHE HAD NO KNOWN MEDICAL HISTORY. HE LATER DROPPED HER OFF TO A RELATIVE'S HOUSE FOR A VISIT. WHILE AT THE RELATIVE'S HOME, SHE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE WAS ADMITTED CONSCIOUS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS APPROPRIATELY - APPEARED LETHARGIC AND RESTLESS, HOWEVER SHE COMPLAINED OF EPIGASTRIC PAIN. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE TELEMETRY UNIT WHERE HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE. DIAGNOSIS: ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, HYPERGLYCEMIA AND FEVER R/O INFECTION.  SHE WAS TREATED SUPPORTIVELY UNTIL JULY 23, 1996 WHEN SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO PULSE OR RESP. RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE INITIATED HOWEVER, ALL WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.