    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND FAMILY MEMBER,  ON DECEMBER 4, 1996 DECEASED COMPLAINED TO A FRIEND THAT SHE WAS NOT FEELING WELL.  SHE WAS ADVISED TO CALL HER PHYSICIAN WHICH SHE DID, HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.   ON DECEMBER 5, 1996, HER FRIEND RESPONDED TO HER RESIDENCE TO TAKE HER TO THE DOCTORS' OFFICE AND FOUND HER EXPIRED.   POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
     FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT SHE HAD NO KNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEMS OTHER THAN A HIP REPLACEMENT A FEW YEARS AGO. DR. FIELDS' OFFICE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN SEEN THERE IN YEARS.  SHE HAD TELEPONED ON DECEMBER 4, 1996 BUT FAILED TO KEEP HER APPOINTMENT.