    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS RESIDING AT THE DIGNITY BEHAVIORAL CARE CENTER.  ON NOVEMBER 19, 1996 SHE WAS EATING LUNCH WHICH CONSISTED OF MEAT, BLACK BEANS, RICE AND A BANANA WHEN SHE SUDDENLY GOT UP FROM THE TABLE AND RAN OUTSIDE.  A STAFF MEMBER CAUGHT HER OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED HER TURNING BLUE.  SHE VOMITTED FOOD THAT WAS IN HER THROAT AND COLLAPSED. CPR WAS INITIATED AND FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED.   SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON ARRIVAL, IN FULL ARREST, INTUBATED AND ON THUMPER. SHE WAS WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS.  CARDIAC MONITOR SHOWED ASYSTOLE RHYTHM.  CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:40PM.
     DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, CANCER AND HAD UNDERGONE OPEN HEART SURGERY AND A LEFT LOBECTOMY.