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Medical student or not, this was...kinda dumb. And gross.

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(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.

Kotarac was last seen Wednesday night at about 10:15 p.m., "trying to force her way inside (the home) as she was involved in a dating relationship with the resident," police said. "The resident left the house undetected to avoid a confrontation and stayed the night elsewhere."

Authorities did not identify the boyfriend or say why Kotarac was attempting to get inside his home.

Kotarac did not arrive for work on Thursday, and her assistant and the boyfriend searched for her at his home. Her car and belongings were there, but there was no indication she had gotten inside, police said. The boyfriend and her medical staff reported her missing.

"Her purse was there, with her phone, all her money, all her credit cards, all that stuff," neighbor Terri Terrazas told CNN affiliate KBAK-TV.

Thursday night, the boyfriend stayed at the home before leaving for Europe, police told KBAK.

"Friday night, we could smell something," Terrazas told the station. And "someone down the street said they thought they heard someone yelling quietly for help." But the sound was dismissed as coming from kids playing in a nearby pool, KBAK reported.

Kotarac was found by a friend of the boyfriend's, who stopped by to feed his fish while he was away, police said.

"The house sitter detected a strong odor coming from the fireplace, and upon inspection located the deceased woman lodged in the flue approximately two feet above the top of the fireplace interior opening."

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."

Kotarac's family told KBAK they are horrified to think she could have spent several days lodged in the flue. They said she graduated from medical school with honors, and KBAK reported that Kotarac was voted a favorite local doctor last year.

An autopsy was planned for Tuesday, police said, but did not immediately return a call from CNN on Wednesday.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/california.chimney.death/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
 
.....wow
 
Wow, that's extremely sad. I can't imagine what it would mean to be in a mind frame to be driven to such extreme actions, or dying in that way. Same for her boyfriend and for the guy who found her. That's not an experience that quickly fades from memory.
 
WOW is right! How did this woman even become a doctor or get the idea that she was Santa clause and could make it down a chimney? It is a terrible thing to hear but it makes you wonder what the hell she was thinking. :spider:
 
WOW is right! How did this woman even become a doctor or get the idea that she was Santa clause and could make it down a chimney? It is a terrible thing to hear but it makes you wonder what the hell she was thinking. :spider:

Well.....to be fair, Santa can do it and he's like really really obese so I can see her logic.
 
~When santa got stuck in the chimney, he began to shout...~
That was a weird news story...
 
Reminds me of the horror story 'The Smell'. But I'm thinking the chimney wasn't a metaphor for the womb here.

Seriously, that's pretty sad, maybe just because it's so unfortunate. It's got to be a horrible way to go.
 
That is a very unfortunate way to meet your end. Yikes. :/
 
To make it really bad? There is a blockage on chimneys, to prevent things from going down it...like rodents, squirrels, what have you. The lady struggled with that thing to take it off, and then thought she could go down the chimney. I'm sorry, she was either high or drunk to think of that scheme.

Wouldn't a brick through the window be a better idea? I mean sure, you've got the mess, but still. Or better yet, here's a clue: CALL YOUR BOYFRIEND AND GET HIS KEY.

Of course it is a horrible way to go, but to be honest it was probably fast...ish. If she suffocated it wouldn't take longer than 6-10 minutes. Unconsciousness, then nothing.
 
Well, I assume they were having a fight and she wanted to catch him on cheating on her or something?

Edit: The first thing that popped in my head was: stalker.
I think that woman had issues. She probably assumed her boyfriend was hiding from her.

Totally working my Ni here guys.
 
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Well, I assume they were having a fight and she wanted to catch him on cheating on her or something?

thats kinda what I was wondering

either that or she borrowed santas magic nose dust :P

I do think I may try to avoid the health services or just be very wary/cautious for say.....a generation :P
 
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guess you can't fix stupid.
but seriously, this is sad.
 
Edit: The first thing that popped in my head was: stalker.
I think that woman had issues. She probably assumed her boyfriend was hiding from her.

Definitely.

I mean the way I see it is that there's 'stupid' and then there's unsound (induced, temporary, permanent, whatever the case...). No doubt the action is stupid but you'd have to be out of your right mind to try to climb down the chimney.

Sad.
 
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thats kinda what I was wondering

either that or she borrowed santas magic nose dust :P

I do think I may try to avoid the health services or just be very wary/cautious for say.....a generation :P

To make it really bad? There is a blockage on chimneys, to prevent things from going down it...like rodents, squirrels, what have you. The lady struggled with that thing to take it off, and then thought she could go down the chimney. I'm sorry, she was either high or drunk to think of that scheme.

Wouldn't a brick through the window be a better idea? I mean sure, you've got the mess, but still. Or better yet, here's a clue: CALL YOUR BOYFRIEND AND GET HIS KEY.

Of course it is a horrible way to go, but to be honest it was probably fast...ish. If she suffocated it wouldn't take longer than 6-10 minutes. Unconsciousness, then nothing.

i agree with you on staying away from the health services for quit some time dimensionx and
arbygil if it was mah boyfriend i woud have used a brick or called or i would have stolen his key a while ago and made copy's haha!!! that poor unfortunate dimwitted doctor lady:m198:
 
Bizarre... maybe she was trying to help the cat or something. I guess you never know. I would bet whatever she was doing made perfect sense to her at the time and that? that worries me...HA

well I will say this... I am glad I carry my cell phone in my pocket. i would rather look like an idiot in the chimney, than a dead body on the news.
 
She apparently didnt watch Gremlins :(
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVPUsyrT0s"]YouTube- Gremlins: The Worst Christmas Story Ever[/ame]
 
She died in the chimney? She really, seriously thought you could go down a chimney? And they let her be a doctor?

What a way to kill yourself, getting trapped in the chimney of your (ex)-boyfriend/girlfriend's house. Totally undignified.
 
I cannot understand the lack of looking on the roof if a ladder was "apparantly" used. Monk would have looked up there to be sure. Seeing the top removed would have given up her location. I seriously doubt she could have used her arms in a different direction once she became stuck. Sad story.
 
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