Local doctor dies in chimney flue

 The strangest and most tragic story of the day has to be the discovery of the body of a local doctor in the chimney flue of a Southwest Bakersfield home. You can read the entire tragic story in today's Californian here. By all accounts Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac was a dedicated local doctor but who knows what goes on in our personal lives. She apparently was trying to get into the home of her boyfriend when she became caught in the flue.