	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY MALE WHO LIVED ALONE OFF OF HIS SOCIAL SECURITY IN A SPARSELY FURNISHED APARTMENT. HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE BY HIS NEIGHBORS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1996, AND HE APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS AT THAT TIME. 
	ON MONDAY. AUGUST 19, 1996, THE NEIGHBORS BEGAN TO SMELL A FOUL 
ODOR AND POLICE WERE CALED TO INVESTIGATE. THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR IN AN ADVANCE STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.  	 