     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY LIVED ALONE IN A ONE ROOM APARTMENT.  WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON SEPTEMBER 1,1996 PM., BY NEIGHBORS.  ON SEPTEMBER 2, AT 11:15 AM., A NEIGHBOR, CONCERNED ABOUT THE DECEASED NOT RESPONDING, OPENED THE DOOR WITH HER KEY TO CHECK ON HER WELFARE, BUT IT WAS SECURED BY THE INSIDE DOOR CHAIR.   HE CONTACTED THE BUILDING MANAGER WHO RESPONDED AND AFTER GAINING ENTRY TO THE APARTMENT, FOUND THE DECEASED LYING ON FLOOR, UNRESPONSIVE.   FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND HER DEAD.
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   POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HER PHYSICIAN MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. 
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     DR. JOSEPH LAMAIRE, 535-1500, WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATING THE DECEASED FOR THREE YEARS, FOR HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, AND PSYCHOSIS.  WAS ON THEO-DUR, TEMAZEPAM, PROCARDIA AND CHLORAZEPATE.
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     **  JEWISH-ORTHODOX FAMILY. REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY. **