     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY LIVED ALONE IN A RETIREMENT CONDOMINIUM.  ON DECEMBER 21,1996  P.M., BUILDING SECURITY CALLED POLICE AFTER NOTICING A FOUL ODOR.  POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND AFTER STAFF SECURITY OPENED THE LOCKED DOOR TO HER APARTMENT, SHE WAS FOUND EXPIRED, LYING SUPINE ON FLOOR, HER BODY IN ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION.   THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF BROKEN ENTRY.  TWO EMPTY VIALS OF MEDICATIONS, LABELLED DIABINESE (CHLORPROPAMIDE 250 MG) AND LODINE 400 MG., WERE FOUND ON THE SCENE AND SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT.
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     AS PER THE DECEASED'S NIECE, THE DECEASED WAS SUFFERING FROM DIABETES MELLITUS.