     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON AUGUST 28, 1996,  AT ABT. 3:00 AM,  THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME AND ASKED HIS WIFE TO HELP HIM TO THE BATHROOM.  SHE NOTICED THAT HE HAD STOPPED BREATHING, AND SUMMONED FIRE RESCUE.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL HE WAS FOUND EXPIRED.  ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH EMPHYSEMA 30-40 YEARS AGO, AND SUFFERED A MILD HEART ATTACK 5-6 YEARS AGO. HE ALSO SUFFERED FROM HYPERTENSION AND ARTHRITIS, AND FOR HIS RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS HE REQUIRED THE CONSTANT USE OF OXYGEN.  WAS SEEN BY HIS PHYSICIAN, DR. CARLOS D. CARRANZA, 654-7009, ON AUGUST 27, 1996 AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON AUGUST 28, 1996.   ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 27, 1996, WHEN HE WENT TO BED, THE DECEASED TOLD HIS WIFE THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WELL AND THAT HE WAS DYING.
 
POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON BED WITH NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
 
** ACCORDING TO HIS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN DR. JOSEPH  GUERRIER [654-9009] HE HAVE BEEN TREATING HIM FOR TWO  AND  A HALF YEARS  DIAGNOSIS: END STAGE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE,  AND HYPERTENSION.  ON APRIL 24, 1996, HE HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLI , NOT A  TRAUMATIC CAUSE.  MEDS: KCL, LASIX, PREDNISONE, THEO-DUR, LANOXIN AND ANTIVERT.***