     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON NOVEMBER 30, 1996, AT ABOUT 9:30 PM, THE DECEASED WAS A HOME WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCING CHEST PAINS. EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS WERE SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. THEY FOUND HIM SEATED IN A CHAIR, PAIL AND DIAPHORETIC. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES WERE INITIATED AS HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS INTUBATED AND IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, HIS CONDITION DETERIORATING RAPIDLY, HE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND "C.P.R." CONTINUED, BUT WAS TO NO AVAIL. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11:30 PM. 
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY WAS OF DIABETES MELLITUS.  NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.  