      ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY MALE WHO LIVED ALONE IN AN UP-STAIRS SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. POLICE ADVISED THAT HE REPORTEDLY FELL DOWN THE STAIRS ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1996, AT ABOUT 6:55 PM. NEIGHBORS HEARD HIM FALL AND FOUND HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, THEY CALLED EMERGENCY  RESCUE UNITS.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL  HE WAS SEMI-CONSCIOUS,  FOUND TO HAVE A POSSIBLE CONTUSSION, POSSIBLE DISLOCATED LEFT HIP. HIS EYES OPENED SPONTANEOUSLY, THEY WERE MID-SIZED AND REACTIVE, HIS EKG WAS SINUS BRACYCARDIA.   THEY TRANSPORTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS RESPONSIVE TO PAINFULL STIMULI, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, CONFUSED, DISORIENTED, BUT COOPERATIVE.   X-RAYS AND CT-SCANS WERE DONE AND REVEALED EXTENSIVE CALCIFICATION OF THE ANTERIOSR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT FROM C02 THRU C-7, WITH UNCOVERTEBRAL JOINT HYPERTROPHY AT THE C-3, C-4 LEVEL. 
	HE REMAINED AN INPATIENT, HIS CONDITION DETERIORATING UNTIL HE 
EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1996.  