     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON SEPT. 21, 1996 THE DECEASED CALLED 911 BECAUSE HIS STOMACH AND PENIS WAS SWOLLEN AND HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO COLUMBIA MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE.  UPON ARRIVAL IN THE E/R THE DECEASED TOLD THE E/R STAFF HE WAS NOT UNDER THE CARE OF A DOCTOR AND WAS NOT TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS.  
     HE WAS INITIALLY ASSESSED WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND PITTING EDEMA FROM FEET TO LOWER ADBOMEN.  HE WAS WHEEZING WHICH WORSENED AND HE WENT INTO RESPIRATORY ARREST.  WHEN HE WAS PLACED FLAT,  A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD CAME FROM HIS MOUTH.  HE WAS INTUBATED AND DIAGNOSED WITH A MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED.  HE WENT INTO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, WAS DEFIBRILLATED TWICE WITHOUT SUCCESS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11:35 AM.
     NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN LOCATED AT THIS TIME.