     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON AUGUST 24, 1996, P.M., THE DECEASED ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK AND ADVISED HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD EATEN SOME CHICKEN FOR LUNCH WHICH MADE HIM SICK. HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND WAS SPITTING UP.   AT  ABOUT 6:00 PM., HE WENT TO LIE DOWN IN BED.  AT ABOUT 8:50 PM.,  HIS GIRLFRIEND ATTEMPTED TO WAKE HIM, BUT FOUND THAT HE WAS NOT BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED,  AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL AT 8:55 PM., FOUND HIM EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON BED, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE,  THE DECEASED HAD TOLD HER THAT HE WAS VERY SICK AND WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS LIVER AND PANCREAS. POLICE COULD NOT CONTACT HIS PHYSICIAN.
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     DR.BARNETT ALPERT, 261-2391 WAS LATER CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER THE DECEASED; WOULD HAVE TO CHECK HIS RECORDS.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT 	CONSISTED OF COTRIM DS/SMX (GENERIC FOR SEPTRA) AND ANOTHER MEDICATION WITH UNLEGIBLE LABEL, PROBABLY AN ANTIBIOTIC.  MULTIPLE VIALS OF VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS.
  




  