     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND SEIZURES DISORDER.  HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT AT "SUNRISE COMMUNITY INC." FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN (15) YEARS.   HE WAS IN RELATIVELY GOOD HEALTH  EXCEPT FOR A RECENT  EPISODE OF CONSTIPATION AND ABDOMINAL SWELLING.   ON JULY 22, 1996 AT ABOUT 9:00 PM., HE WAS FOUND LYING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO HIS BED.  WAS RESPONSIVE,  WITH A RED MARK ON HIS CHEST APPARENTLY SUSTAINED BY THE BED RAILING WHILE CLIMBING OVER IT.  WAS PLACED BACK TO BED, AND AT ABOUT 2:00 AM., HE WAS FOUND WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND IN DISTRESS.  VITAL SIGNS SHOWED: TEMPERATURE 101 DEGREES, PULSE 110, RESPIRATION 38, AND BLOOD PRESSURE OF 80/40.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED TO TRANSPORT THE DECEASED TO HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL.  UPON ARRIVAL TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AT 1:30 AM., HE WAS  MOANING, CYANOTIC, WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND MOTTLED LOWER EXTREMITIES. HE WENT INTO CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST AND RESUSCITATION PROTOCOL WAS INITIATED. REMAINED IN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, THEN WENT INTO ASYSTOLE. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:00 AM.


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