Doctor suffocated in chimney

1 September 2010, 4:57 pm

BAKERSFIELD (California) - A CORONER says a doctor whose decomposing body was found in the chimney of her boyfriend's house died of asphyxiation. Kern County Sheriff-Coroner spokesman Ray Pruitt determined Tuesday that Dr Jacquelyn Kotarac was unable to breathe in the narrow chimney where she was lodged after apparently trying to get into the home on Aug 25.... Read More »

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