08-31-2010, 07:40 PM
christ. doing more reading, it seems she DID climb in the chimney! how freakish. how utterly stupid! i am truly shocked for once.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The doctor who was found in a chimney flue died as a result of mechanical asphyxia and the manner of death is an accident, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office.
Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, officers with the Bakersfield Police Department went to a home in the 4300 block of La Mirada Drive on reports of a dead woman found lodged in a fireplace flue.
Around 10:15 p.m. on Aug. 25, police said Kotarac tried to force her way inside the home on La Mirada Drive where she was involved in an "on-again, off -again" relationship with the homeowner.
Sgt. Mary DeGeare said Kotarac tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney.
Her decomposing body was found there three days later.
Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, DeGeare said.
While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The doctor who was found in a chimney flue died as a result of mechanical asphyxia and the manner of death is an accident, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office.
Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, officers with the Bakersfield Police Department went to a home in the 4300 block of La Mirada Drive on reports of a dead woman found lodged in a fireplace flue.
Around 10:15 p.m. on Aug. 25, police said Kotarac tried to force her way inside the home on La Mirada Drive where she was involved in an "on-again, off -again" relationship with the homeowner.
Sgt. Mary DeGeare said Kotarac tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney.
Her decomposing body was found there three days later.
Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, DeGeare said.
While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.