    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED WENT ON A "CRACK" BINGE AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER WHO EXPIRED ABT. 1 WEEK AGO.  ON OCTOBER 14, 1996, ABT. 1:30P.M., HE COMPLAINED OF DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  AFTER HIS CONDITION DID NOT GET ANY BETTER, ABT. 2:15P.M., FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HIM, RESPONSIVE,  HYPERVENTILATING AND EKG MONITOR SHOWING SINUS TACH.   HIS VITAL SIGNS WERE AS FOLLOWS:  PULSE 110, RESP. 60 AND B/P 122/84.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. 
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED RESPONSIVE, BUT RESTLESS AT TIMES.  TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, URINE DRUG SCREEN WAS PERFORMED AND RESULTS WERE POSITIVE FOR COCAINE.  TREATMENT WAS CONTINUED, HOWEVER, HE SUDDENLY WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 7:41P.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, HE HAD NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS, NOR DID HE HAVE A PRIVATE PHYSCIAN.  IT WAS UNKNOWN TO HER IF HE USED DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.

                            *** REFILED ON NOVEMBER 12, 1996 ***  BAR **