      ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE WAS AT HOME ON OCTOBER 6, 1996, WATCHING TELEVISION ALONG WITH HER CHILDREN WHEN SHE CALLED OUT TO HER HUSBAND THAT SHE HAD A SUDDEN CHEST PAIN. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND RESPONDED, THEY INITIATED RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AND TRANSPORTED HER TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL. 
       UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, HER PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED, WITH A FLAT LINE ON THE MONITOR. A RHYTHM OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION WAS ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED FOR A FEW MOMENTS, IT THEN DECOMPENSATED TO A COMPLETE HEART BLOCK AN IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM AND NO PULSE. AN EXTERNAL PACE MAKER WAS PLACED WITH NO CAPTURE, HER RHYTHM DEGRADED TO COMPLETE ASYSTOLE WITH NO FURTHER RESPONSE, DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 12:17 PM. 
      PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION WITH PREVIOUS VISITS TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR EPISODE.  