    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON JULY 12, 1996, ABT. 7:15A.M., THE SON OF THE DECEASED LEFT HOME WHILE SHE WAS STILL ASLEEP.  ABT. 12:55P.M., HE RETURNED HOME AND HEARD THE SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING IN THE KITCHEN.  HE ENTERED THE RESIDENE AND OBSERVED SMOKE INSIDE THE RESIDENE.  HE FURTHER INVESTIGATED AND OBSERVED THE SMOKE COMING FROM A POT OF RICE ON THE STOVE.  THE BURNER WAS ON MEDIUM AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OVEN RANGE.  HE OBSERVED HER SITTING ON A CHAIR IN THE KITCHEN.   FURTHER EXAMINATION OF HER REVEALED THAT SHE HAD EXPIRED.	 	

    ACCORDING TO HER SON, SHE HAD COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS AS WELL AS A COUGH  FOR WHICH SHE TOOK TYLENOL AND COUGH DROPS FOR.  SHE HAD BEEN SEEN BY DR. MARITZA DIAZ (225-8444)  A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO HER EXPIRATION AND WAS REPORTEDLY IN GOOD HEALTH.  ABT. 10:00AM, NEIGHBORS ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HER BY TELEPHONE, BUT RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  

****NO SOOT WAS OBSERVED.***  