     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON SEPTEMBER 28,1996  AT ABOUT 10:20 PM., THE DECEASED AND HIS GIRLFRIEND REPORTEDLY WENT TO SLEEP.  AT 11:30 PM., THE DECEASED WOKE UP HIS GIRLFRIEND  BECAUSE HE COULD NOT BREATHE. HE STARTED TO TURN PURPLE IN COLOR, THEN COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED.
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     POLICE  RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE IN HIS BEDROOM WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  THE DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM EARLIER ON THE DAY. AS PER GIRLFRIEND, HE WAS AN ETHANOL AND CRACK COCAINE ABUSER, AND IN THE MORNING HE HAD SMOKED SOME MARIJUANA.



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