Woman’s Body Found Stuck In Chimney
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
A woman’s decomposing body was found wedged inside the chimney of the house where her boyfriend lives Bakersfield, California and authorities say she died trying to gain access after being locked out.
The body of Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, a doctor who had an “on-again, off-again” relationship with the man, was stuck in the chimney for three days before being discovered by woman who was house-sitting, the Bakersfield Police Department said. Authorities said Kotarac died of asphyxiation.
It isn’t clear what kind of doctor Kotarac was, however, she likely was not an Oakland CA breast augmentation surgeon. Had she worked as an Oakland CA liposuction surgeon, it isn’t for certain.
The woman “smelled an odor and realized it was coming from the fireplace,” Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.
Kotarac had come to the home Wednesday night but the boyfriend wouldn’t let her in. “To avoid a confrontation,” DeGeare said, “he wouldn’t let her in.”
So Kotarac used a shovel and tried unsuccessfully to force her way in through a back door, police said. She then climbed the roof and slid down the chimney. But her boyfriend had already left the house, police said.
Kotarac was found stuck about 2 feet above the interior fireplace opening. In concluding that she died of asphyxiation, the Bakersfield coroner’s office deemed the death an accident.
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MY TAKE: This is the kind of story that grabs the attention of everyone from Phoenix Arizona realtors to the guys running the Texas car accident law firm. Nothing is more shocking than the image of a person stuck in a chimney, dead, for days on end. It’s sad to think she wasn’t heard in time and could have been saved. Phoenix AZ real estate folks might never look at a chimney the same way after reading this story. Ditto for the Texas personal injury attorney and of course the liposuction surgeon. It’s not a pretty sight, but it’s also not all that uncommon for people to get stuck in chimney’s. Burglers are the usual suspects found wedged in the brick and mortar, not women, but this was obviously an unusual case of domestic/romantic drama.
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