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September 2, 2010, Thursday
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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 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 sergeant Mary DeGeare said.
While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.
DeGeare said the two were in an "on-again, off-again" relationship.
The man who resides in the home was identified as William Moodie, 58.
"She made an unbelievable error in judgment and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away," Moodie told reporters. "She had her issues, she had her demons, but I never lost my respect for her."
Moodie did not dispute the police's characterization of his relationship with Kotarac.
Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a stench coming from the fireplace on Saturday.
Firefighters spent five hours dismantling the chimney to extract Kotarac's body, DeGeare said.
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 sergeant Mary DeGeare said.
While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.
DeGeare said the two were in an "on-again, off-again" relationship.
The man who resides in the home was identified as William Moodie, 58.
"She made an unbelievable error in judgment and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away," Moodie told reporters. "She had her issues, she had her demons, but I never lost my respect for her."
Moodie did not dispute the police's characterization of his relationship with Kotarac.
Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a stench coming from the fireplace on Saturday.
Firefighters spent five hours dismantling the chimney to extract Kotarac's body, DeGeare said.
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