     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 30, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS WORKING IN HIS YARD WHEN HE FELL AND COULDN'T GET UP.  THE MAID HELPED HIM UP AND LAST SAW HIM ALIVE ABOUT 1:00 PM.  HE WAS TO PICK HIS WIFE UP FROM THE AIRPORT AROUND 5:30 PM, WHEN HE DIDN'T SHOW UP A FRIEND RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HIM.  HE WAS FOUND LYING IN THE BACK STORAGE ROOM NEXT TO A HONDA GENERATOR THAT WAS RUNNING.  THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH HEAVY SMOKE AND THE DECEASED WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEAD.  
     HE HAD A HISTORY OF CANCER THAT WAS IN REMISSION AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.  HE WAS UNDER THE TREATMENT OF DR. SILVERSTEIN (661-8539) AND DR. FITZGERALD (446-8129). 
     MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: REDUX, DITROPAN, NORVASC, CIPRO AND EULEXIN.