     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 19, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS LEFT HOME ON THE COUCH BY HER CAREGIVER THAT WENT SHOPPING.  SHE RETURNED ABOUT 4:30 PM AND FOUND THE DECEASED SLUMPED OVER ON THE COUCH WITH HER HEAD DOWN AND VOMITUS ON THE FLOOR.  THE CAREGIVER CALLED THE DECEDENT'S FAMILY WHO CALLED FIRE RESCUE.  UPON RESCUE'S ARRIVAL SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
     THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF EMPHYSEMA FOR EIGHT TO TEN YEARS, BUT SHE REFUSED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HAD NOT BEEN OUT OF HER APARTMENT IN OVER FIVE YEARS.  SHE WAS A HEAVY SMOKER MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE, BUT QUIT AT THE ONSET OF THE EMPHYSEMA.
     SHE HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. MIEMAN ( 947-0943) IN THE PAST, BUT NOT SINCE 1992.  SHE HAD ALSO BEEN TREATED BY DR. ROSS FOR SEVERE PULMONARY DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA AND CORONARY DISEASE.
**  FAMILY REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY **