     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1996, AT ABOUT 10:00 AM, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE MIAMI RIVER, IN THE AREA OF 2011 NORTH WEST 14TH STREET.  THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE RESPONDED TO RETRIEVE THE REMAINS,  THEY HAD THEM TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION. 
****      POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION WAS MADE FROM FINGER PRINTS BY THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT ON DECEMBER 9, 1996.  ****