    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,   DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.  ON DECEMBER 3, 1996, HE WAS TAKEN TO AVENTURA HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED INTUBATED AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS. CPR WAS INITIATED AND CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:40 P.M..
     DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST AT VETERAN ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL.  HE WAS LAST HOSPITALIZED IN APRIL 1996 AND HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS, ANEMIA, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MULTIPLE COLON POLYPS.  HE UNDERWENT A COLONSCOPY AND POLYPECTOMY DURING THAT TIME.  