     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A MALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. HE WAS KNOWN TO BE A HEAVY DRINKER AND HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF CONSTANT FATIGUE,  HIS DOCTOR REPORTEDLY WAS UNABLE TO FIND A MEDICAL REASON FOR HIS PROBLEM. 
     ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1996, HE REPORTEDLY SUFFERED A SEIZURE EARLY IN THE DAY AND REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION WHEN EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS RESPONDED. THEY WERE CALLED AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY AND HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITAL SIGNS WHEN THEY RESPONDED, RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES WERE INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL THERE WERE NO VITAL SIGNS, PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED, DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT THAT TIME.  
     POLICE ADVISED  THAT THE DECEASED WAS REPORTED TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL.  NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT.   