     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE OCTOBER 8, 1996 BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. AND 7:00 P.M. AT HIS RESIDENCE THAT HE SHARES WITH HIS BROTHER .
     OCTOBER 9, 1996 THE DEC'D EX-WIFE RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE FOR A VISIT AND DISCOVERED THE DEC'D LYING SUPINE IN BED UNRESPONSIVE. SHE SUMMONED POLICE AND FIRE-RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM D.O.A..

     SCENE OBSERVATIONS: UPON POLICE ARRIVAL, POSSIBLE DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHANALIA WERE DISCOVERED ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE DEC'D BED. THESE ITEMS WILL BE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR TESTING.
     POLICE ALSO REPORT DEC'D HAD A LONG HISTORY OF DRUG ADDICTION AND WAS BEING TREATED BY DR'S JEROME WATERS.


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