    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996 DECEASED WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A BAR WHEN HE WAS ROBBED AND STRUCK IN THE EAR DURING THE ROBBERY.  HE ARRIVED TO HIS RESIDENCE BUT DID NOT NOTIFY POLICE NOR DID HE SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  A FEW DAYS LATER, FAMILY WENT TO CHECK ON HIS WELL BEINGS AND OBSERVED HIM LOOKING POORLY BUT STILL REFUSING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
     ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1996, HIS SISTER WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND HIM  NUDE LYING FACE DOWN ON THE HALL FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.   DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND SMOKER.  HE REPORTEDLY CONSUMED NEARLY A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL DAILY.  HE HAD BEEN TREATED ABT. 4 1/2  YEARS AGO AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR BLEEDING ULCERS.  
    ***DURING POLICE INVESTIGATION,  APPROXIMATELY A GRAM OF SUSPECTED COCAINE ALONG WITH ASSORTED DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS FOUND IN A DRESSER DRAWER.*** 
 
