     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DECEASED'S HUSBAND VIA TELEPHONE, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND WAS BEING SEEN BY A DOCTOR AT A LOCAL HMO-CLINIC.  ON AUGUST 4, 1996, THE DECEASED HAD DINNER AT ABOUT 7:00 PM.; SHE THEN WAS PLACED ON BED AT 7:30 PM.   AT 8:00 PM., HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK ON HER AND FOUND THAT SHE WAS NOT BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND HER EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE DECEASED'S PHYSICIAN, BUT WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  SHE REPORTEDLY WAS TAKING OMETOCLOPRAMIDE 10MG. TABS. AND OB-COMPLEX TABLETS.
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     THE DECEASED HAD BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF DR. DAVID BROWN, 937-2254, SINCE 1992.  DIAGNOSIS:  SENILE DEMENTIA, PROGRESSIVE.  STATUS POST CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.  PLACEMENT OF A PEG TUBE WAS BEING CONSIDERED, AS DECEASED WAS NOT EATING WELL.  NO OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEM.   WAS TAKING PRILOSEC AND B-12 VITAMINS.