41.   It receives between six and eight reports a year, primarily from Western states, and investigates the deaths with forensic techniques.

42.   Lieutenant Upton said that Private Sears had not been on the base when the hurricane struck, and that the Marine Corps would investigate his death.

43.   McBride said his office was still investigating the deaths of Black Elk and Hard Heart and had not drawn any conclusions.

44.   Neither the Los Angeles Police Department nor the Beverly Hills police investigated the death as a homicide.

45.   No charges had been filed as of Friday night, and police said they are still investigating the death.

46.   Officers often leave suicide notes, according to Patrick Oribes, who is in charge of investigating these deaths.

47.   Officials investigating the death of a leader of the governing party who was gunned down in Mexico City on Wednesday said Thursday that several people may have been involved.

48.   Police are investigating her death as a homicide.

49.   Several agencies are investigating the deaths at the hospital, including the State Health Department, the federal Food and Drug Administration and the New Haven police.

50.   Seven additional deaths are being investigated and autopsies may show they also were heat-related.