Doctor got stuck in chimney, died - the Darwin is strong in this one.

SSSnail

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/31/national/a122909D75.DTL

A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. 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, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary 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.
I... got nothing.
 
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He ran away from his own house?

Anyone else get the feeling he heard her squaking for help and decided to go for a stroll?
 

MJinZ

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Kind of um police failure there.

Still... 3 days with no food and water, possible to survive?

She should have kept her cellphone with her...
 

SSSnail

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That's what I thought too, assuming she didn't die before being "stuck" in the chimney. Let's say she can survive for a bit, wouldn't her scream get some attention?
 

MJinZ

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That's what I thought too, assuming she didn't die before being "stuck" in the chimney. Let's say she can survive for a bit, wouldn't her scream get some attention?

It's sad because the missing person's report filed 2 days prior didn't cause anyone to bother looking for her... in maybe her boyfriends place... an extremely obvious location.
 

rh71

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I feel bad for her patients... who was dumb enough to see her?
 

0roo0roo

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can you really fit down the chute? or would you slide a bit then fall and shatter your ankles and everything else.