     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 18, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN.  UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST.  HE HAD BEEN INTUBATED AND CPR WAS STILL IN PROGRESS.  DESPITE CONTINUOUS RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:35 PM.  
     THE DECEASED FELL FROM A LADDER ABOUT 3 OR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND WAS TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (MR#2529767).  HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTENSION AT THAT TIME.  HE WAS ALSO A HEAVY SMOKER AND CASUAL DRINKER, BUT HE REFUSED TO SEE A DOCTOR AFTER HIS E/R VISIT AT JACKSON.  HE ALSO COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO HIS ARM ON JULY 12, 1996, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.