Body of doctor found inside chimney after she tried to break into boyfriend's home

Body of doctor found inside chimney after she tried to break into boyfriend's home
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
Last updated at 12:28 PM on 1st September 2010


Error of judgement: Dr Jacquelyn Kotarac died after trying to break into her boyfriend's home through the chimney and becoming wedged inside

A doctor involved in an on-off relationship has died after apparently trying to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney.



Dr Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof,
removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue.

Her decomposing body was found there three days later, Bakersfield police sergeant Mary DeGeare confirmed.

Authorities said that while she was trying to break in, the man she was in a relationship with escaped unnoticed from another exit 'to avoid a confrontation'.

William Moodie, 58, described their relationship as 'on-again, off-again', but refused to comment on the circumstances surrounding her death.

He said: 'She made an unbelievable error in judgement and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away.

'She had her issues - she had her demons - but I never lost my respect for her.'

Mr Moodie, who lives in Bakersfield, California and runs an engineering consulting firm, said Dr Kotarac often provided service and medication free of charge to her patients.

Dr Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a smell and fluids coming from the fireplace on Saturday.

The house-sitter and her son investigated with a torch and found Dr Kotarac's body wedged around 2ft above the interior fireplace opening.

Firefighters spent five hours dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract her body.

Officials said her office staff reported her missing two days before when she failed to show up for work. Her car and belongings remained near the Mr Moodie's house.

A cause of death has not been determined. Foul play is not suspected, although investigators are treating it as suspicious.



there's something very darwinian about this story.

Was she wearing a father christmas outfit?

She must have been p***ed or drugged up to the eyeballs to even attempt such a thing, what a horrible way to die though.

kitti wrote:Was she wearing a father christmas outfit?

kitti