      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DECEASED'S RELATIVES, VIA TELEPHONE, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD A LONG HISTORY OF CARDIAC PROBLEMS, INCLUDING COMPLETE HEART BLOCK AND PACEMAKER INSTALLED AT AGE SIX (6), AND MULTIPLE CARDIAC RELATED SURGERIES.  THE DECEASED AND THE FAMILY LIVE IN PUERTO RICO, BUT SHE HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO MIAMI RECENTLY FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.  WAS REPORTEDLY BEING FOLLOWED-UP BY DR. RODRIGUEZ, AT THE SYLVESTER RESEARCH CENTER.   HER PAST MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDED, HEPATITIS, HIV POSITIVITY, AND POSSIBLE DRUGS INVOLVEMENT IN THE PAST.
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      SHE ARRIVED IN MIAMI ON DECEMBER 20,1996 AND AT THE AIRPORT SHE HAD PROBLEMS AND FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED. SHE WAS LATER ADMITTED INTO A CLINIC AT HOMESTEAD AIRFORCE BASE AND ON DECEMBER 21, 1996, SHE AGAIN BEGAN TO HAVE DIFFICULTIES AND RESCUE WAS SUMMONED.    UPON FRU ARRIVAL CPR WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:19 AM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS.  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:21 AM.


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