    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 31, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER AFTER EXPERIENCING DEHYDRATION AND PLEURAL EFFUSION.  TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE  COAGULOPATHY AS WELL AS PLEURAL EFFUSION.  HE UNDERWENT AN RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT ULTRASOUND WHICH SHOWED A 15 X12 CM MASS WHICH WAS FELT TO BE IN THE RIGHT LOBE OF THE LIVER WITH IMPINGEMENT ON THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA.  TREATMENT WAS CONTINUED, HOWEVER, HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND ON NOVEMBER 7, 1996, AT 9:25P.M., HE EXPIRED.
    HE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PARKINSON DISEASE, AND MALIGNANT MELANOMA.  HE HAS ALSO HAD SURGERY IN THE PAST FOR HERNIA REPAIR, APPENDECTOMY, AND REMOVAL OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE FACE.
    ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY, HE WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED ON OCTOBER 21, 1996, ON N.E. 121ST STREET. 

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