     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED HAS RESIDED IN THE "BEACHWOOD GROUP HOME" (BOARDING HOME) FOR THE PAST ELEVEN YEARS AND HAS BEEN BLIND FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS AS WELL AS MENTALLY RETARDED. HE ALSO SUFFERS FROM DOWN'S SYNDROME.
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     JUNE 10, 1996 THE DEC'D WAS ATTENDING THERAPY AT THE MAIN CENTER LOCATED AT 2201 WEST 76TH STREET IN HIALEAH, FLORIDA WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT PERIOD, HOWEVER WHEN HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, HE WAS ALERT AND TALKATIVE.  HE WAS NOT SEEN MEDICALLY UNTIL JUNE 11, 1996.
     JUNE 12, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AGAIN ATTENDING THERAPY AT THE MAIN CENTER. IT IS REPORTED THAT HE TRIPPED AFTER WALKING INTO A CHAIR. HE FELL TO HIS HANDS AND IMMEDIATELY STOOD UP AND CONTINUED WALKING. AFTERWARDS, HE WAS BOARDING THE TRANSPORTATION VAN THAT TRANSPORTS HIM HOME. ONCE SEATED IN THE VAN, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE WAS ADMITTED WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. ADMISSION CT SCAN REVEALED SUNBDURAL HEMATOMAS WHICH WERE EVACUATED.  HE ALSO SUFFERED FROM STAPH SEPTICEMIA AS WELL AS A G.I. BLEED. HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND HE WAS PLACED ON ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION ON AUGUST 8, 1996.



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