     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A MALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. 
     HE COMPLAINED EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1996, OF BEING COLD. HE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION LATER IN THE DAY WHEN HE STARTED HAVING SEVERE CHEST PAINS AND EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL HE WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST. THEY INITIATED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS, PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED, DEATH WAS RPONOUNCED AT 6:01 PM. 
     ACCORDING TO THE DECEASED'S DAUGHTER, HE WAS NOT UNDER THE CARE OF A DOCTOR NOR WAS HE TAKING ANY MEDICATION. HE REPORTEDLY DROPPED HIS HEALTH CARE MEDICAL COVERAGE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS PRIOR BECAUSE HE HAD NOT BEEN ILL, THOUGHT HE WAS WASTING MONEY TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR COVERAGE HE WAS NOT USING. 