Darwin candidate: Doctor found dead, lodged in boyfriend's chimney, police say

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/california.chimney.death/index.html?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.

Internist Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, had been reported missing on Thursday, Bakersfield, California, police said in a statement Tuesday. Her body was found lodged in the fireplace flue on Saturday.

It took authorities five hours to dismantle the chimney and flue from the exterior of the home enough to remove Kotarac's body, authorities said.

There was no evidence of foul play, police said, and "all the evidence thus far indicates Kotarac accessed the roof via a ladder and on her own volition removed the chimney cap and slid down the flue feet first."

[KamaAina]

1. "Daddy, where's Santa?"

:evilgrin:

[pgodbold]

2. He's just not that in to you. nt

[Binka]

8. But She Was Stuck On Him n/t

[Xithras]

3. The doctor died of the flue?

Ouch, that'll put a damper on her relationship!

[newtothegame]

4. That is creepy. nt

[Chulanowa]

5. "Gremlins" should become a PSA

I learned about this hazard when I was four, thanks to those lovable green scamps.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. OK, who remembers GREMLINS?

[Obamanaut]

7. This other one was about half way down page 1 of GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9055103&mesg_id=9055103

[newscott]

9. She's not a candidate. She's a freakin' PhD!

[LiberalFighter]

10. If she went down the chimney voluntarily she wasn't too smart.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Many smart people do stupid things when they believe themselves invincible.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. It wasn't decomposed if it was only in there for 3 days.

Decomposing, yes. Decomposed? No.

[seabeyond]

13. bakersfield, ca in august.... hot. lots of yukky. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Been there. Lots of yucky in August indeed but still not enough time to finish decomposition

unless the doctor was a jellyfish.

[TexasObserver]

14. A stalking story with a happy ending.