Woman died stuck in chimney of lover’s home

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 in California said. 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 doing this, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit “to avoid a confrontation”, authorities said.