     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: DECEASED PERMANENTLY RESIDES IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA AND VISITS VERY OFTEN WITH HER SON IN MIAMI. SHE WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. MICHAEL BURTON OF KEY WEST FOR HYPERTENSION AND DR. THOMAS GARVIN WHO REFUSED TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE BECAUSE HE HAS NOT SEEN HER FOR OVER A YEAR.
     DECEASED SON STATES THAT SINCE SEPTEMBER15, 1996 SHE BEGAN FEELING ILL AFTER SHE HAD EATEN SOME MEATLOAF WHICH WAS GREASY. SHE TOOK SOME MILK OF MAGNESIA AND AFTER THAT DID NO GOOD, SHE TOOK PEPTO BISMOL. SHE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE NAUSEA AND BEGAN STICKING HER FINGER DOWN HER THROAT, HOWEVER SHE DID NOT THROW UP ANYTHING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 WHICH WAS A BROWNISH TYPE SUBSTANCE. HER SON STATED SHE WENT TO LIE DOWN AT ABOUT 12:00 MIDNIGHT UNTIL APPROX 2:00 A.M. WHEN SHE STATED THAT THE ABDOMINAL PAINS HAD WORSENED. HER SON ATTEMPTED TO DRESS HER BUT HE NOTICED HER BREATHING BECAME MORE SHALLOW AND HER FACIAL COLOR BECAME YELLOWISH. HE SUMMONED MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE.
     UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DEC'D WAS UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO PULSE. B/P WAS 110/70. SHE WAS INTUBATED AND C.P.R. WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND ON THUMPER, PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 2:47 P.M..

                                              *****CASE REFILED MARCH 25, 1997 (NLJ)*****