     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE ALIVE ON JULY 14, 1996 AT ABOUT 8:30 PM., AT WHICH TIME HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY TALKING.  DURING THE DAY ON JULY 15, 1996 THE DECEASED'S SISTER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HIM, BUT HAD NO RESPONSE.   AT 9:00 PM., AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BUILIDING CUSTODIAN, THE APARTMENT WAS OPENED AND THE DECEASED WAS FOUND EXPIRED.
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     FIRE RESCUE AND POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON BED.  ATTEMPTS BY POLICE TO CONTACT DECEASED'S PHYSICIAN MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
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     THIS WRITER CONTACTED DR. JOSEPH GUERRIER, 758-3348, WHO ADVISED HE HAD TREATED THE DECEASED SINCE JUNE 25,1996.  DIAGNOSIS: HYPERTENSION, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, AND OBESITY. HE ALSO WAS A VERY HEAVY SMOKER.  LAST EKG DONE ON MAY/94 SHOWED  A RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA.  MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED:  VERAPAMIL, LESCOL, HUMULIN, LASIX, AND ISORDIL.