     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A YOUNG MALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. 
     ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996, HE WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES AS HE REGISTERED INTO THE MOTEL AT 6925 SW 8TH STREET, ROOM NUMBER #28. AT THAT TIME HE WAS IN POSESSION OF A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO CONTAIN "COCAINE". ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LATER, MOTEL GUESTS HEARD THE DECEASED POUNDING ON THE WALLS. THE MOTEL MAID OBSERVED HIM REPEATEDLY  BREAK THE WINDOW WITH HIS FIST. THEY CALLED FIRE RESCUE UNITS WHO RESPONDED TO FIND HIM UNCONSCIOUS, BLEEDING FROM A WOUND ON HIS RIGHT WRIST AND THE ROOM COVERED WITH BLOOD. RESCUE UNITS TRANSPORTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED UNRESPONSIVE, PUPILS FIXED AND DILATED, SHOWING NO VITAL SIGNS. DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 8:54 PM. 
     POLICE ADVISED THAT THEY FOUND A SMALL BAGGIE WITH COCAINE RESIDUE IN THE MOTEL ROOM.

                  *** REFILED ON DECEMBER 27, 1996 ***  [BAR]
                      