      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS,  DECEASED WAS A PATIENT AT SOUTH POINTE NURSING HOME.  ON JULY 20, 1996, HE WANDERED AWAY FROM THE HOME AND A MISSING PERSON'S REPORT WAS FILED.  HE WAS FOUND LATER THAT SAME DATE AND TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  UPON ARRIVAL TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE WAS IN A HYPEROSMOLA COMA WITH A GLUCOSE OF 720. HE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS, BASELINE DEMENTIA AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE.  ON AUGUST 2, 1996 HE WAS DISCHARGED TO PONCE DE LEON NURSING HOME.   WHILE THERE HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE.  ON AUGUST 30, 1996, HE BECAME HYPOTENSIVE, LETHARGIC AND TACHYCARDIC.  HE WAS TAKEN TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER AND ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF HYPOTENSION, SEPSIS AND GANGRENE OF LEFT FOOT.  HE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1996.