     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 8, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS DISCOVERED LYING IN THE STREET AT SOUTHWEST 54TH AVENUE & 7TH STREET. IT APPEARED HE HAD BEEN WALKING IN THE RAIN AND COLLAPSED. POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED AND HIS CLOTHING WERE VERY WET. NO SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE WERE NOTED AND HE STILL POSSESSED HIS WALLET AND VALUBLES.
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER IN THE PAST FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK AND DIABETES MELLITUS. A BOTTLE OF NITRO PILLS WERE ALSO TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.