     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED IS A RETIRED CITY OF MIAMI POLICE SERGEANT SINCE 1985.  HE HAD A HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES AND WAS UNDER THE CARE OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL.  
     THE DECEASED WAS LAST HEARD FROM ON JULY 7, 1996 BY HIS DAUGHTER.  ON JULY 10, 1996 HIS DAUGHTER RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE AND FOUND HIM DEAD ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR IN A SLIGHT STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.  THE DECEASED WAS LAST TREATED AT THE V.A. ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO FOR WOUNDS ON HIS LEGS CAUSED BY DIABETES.
     ACCORDING TO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER RECORDS REVEALED THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF ATROVENTRICULAR BLOCK, INSULIN DEPENDENCE DIABETES MELLITUS, HYPERTENSION, BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY, SCLERODERMA ROSACEA AND LEGIDEMA.