    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 6, 1996.  ABT. 7:00A.M., HIS MOTHER WOKE-UP AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  SHE CALLED FIRE RESCUE WHO RESPONDED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HIM IN CARDIAC ARREST, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE,  WITH EKG MONITOR REMAINING IN ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 8:00A.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.  
    ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1996, HE WAS SEEN AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH AIRWAY CONGESTION, FEVER AND A COLD.  ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS:  PNEUMONIA.