     ACCORDING TO INITAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON SEPT. 19, 1996 THE DECEASED AWOKE COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN.  SHE SUDDENLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE IN BED AND FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL.  SHE ARRIVED WITH NO VITAL SIGNS AND DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:26 AM.
     ACCORDING TO HER HUSBAND THE DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES, NECK PAIN AND BACK PAIN GOING INTO HER LOWER SPINE.  SHE SMOKED A FEW CIGARETTES A DAY AND DRANK BEER AND WINE ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS.  SHE DID NOT USE DRUGS.  SHE HAD NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT HE WAS AWARE OF AND ONLY VISITED A GYNECOLOGIST, DR. CHAMBLESS (598-3437), ONCE A YEAR.  SHE RECENTLY WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR, DR. FRAUM (956-8100), BECAUSE OF THE BACK PAINS.  
     DR. FRAUMS ADVISED THE DECEASED REFUSED TO HAVE X-RAYS DONE AND HE ADVISED HER TO HAVE A MEDICAL CHECK-UP.  HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE LEARNED FROM A MUTUAL FRIEND THAT THE DECEASED RECENTLY SUFFERED TEMPORARY PARALYSIS, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AND DID NOT TELL HER HUSBAND.
     *THE HUSBAND GAVE PERMISSION FOR BONE AND TISSUE DONATION.*