     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: NOVEMBER 16, 1996 THE DECEASED AND HER SON WERE WALKING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE K-MART DEPARTMENT STORE WHERE SHE FELL, HOWEVER THE FALL WAS NOT WITNESSED.
     FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS: SYNCOPE, ACUTE CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AND COAGULOPATHY. SHE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, HYPERTENSION AND S/P VALVE REPLACEMENT. AFTER ADMISSION, HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON NOVEMBER 17, 1996.
     THE REMAINS WERE RELEASED TO ETERNAL LIGHT FUNERAL HOME, HOWEVER AFTER REVIEWING THE DEATH CERTIFICATE, THE REMAINS WERE BROUGHT IN FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.