I guess Santa Claus won’t be coming to that guy’s house next Christmas.
Regards,
Shodan
That’s ridiculous. Millions of women die for perfectly natural reasons that have nothing to do with men. Why try to turn this into a Man-bashing thread?
His(?) complaint clearly is that you are do so yourself.
As for calling the police, the heavy bias of the police and courts against men in anything resembling a domestic dispute is well known. Involving them is unlikely to do anything but make things worse for him. He’d be lucky if they didn’t arrest him instead of her even if she was shooting at him, much less just using a shovel on a house. “Arrest the man” is standard practice most places* where the laws don’t specifically order them to arrest the person actually committing the violence regardless of their gender.
- EDIT: Unless it’s a gay couple, in which the rule is to ignore the situation until someone dies.
Terrible story. How many here would not be able to stay in that house ever again? I sure couldn’t.
Smoked pork?
There was a story a few years ago about a guy breaking into a nightclub that then suffocated and died. he was discovered months later as the club was closed for renovations.
It was particularly sad (to me) since he was a friend of my sister’s when she was a teen, and he was also Deaf.
Not without the “Chim Chiminy Chim Chiminy” song from Mary Poppins running thru my head 24/7, at least.
Regards,
Shodan
Geez, and I worry if I don’t check the mousetrap every morning.
Regards,
Shodan
Wonder if she’ll be cremated?
Headlines we’d like to see:
Local Doctor Tries to Stomp Out the Flue
He might have left before she’d escalated to the point of shovel. She probably started by ringing his doorbell, calling on her cell from his front porch, peering in windows, and yelling “I’m not leaving until you come out! I know you’re in there!”
He had a house sitter because he had a previously planned trip overseas. In a more detailed story, it says he spent the night elsewhere, then returned the day following the altercation to inspect his property for crazy-damage, and then left for his previously scheduled trip.
ETA: The most recent story I saw said the police had not ruled out foul play, in any case.
Smoked.
She’ll be comin’ down the chimney when she comes …
And, of course:
That’s awesome! 
A more likely response to hearing noises in the chimney (if you were a meanie) would be to announce “Boy, it’s a chilly night. I think I’ll start a fire in the fireplace.” - followed by making noise dropping logs and kindling in there. Then call the cops.
If he knew she was stuck in there it wouldn’t make sense to just up and leave, knowing that there could be chimney damage and a bonus due the house-sitter. 
Yeah, I hadn’t seent he part about the trip. That makes a bit more sense.
The coroner’s report said she died of asphyxiation because the chimney was too small for her to fit. So she couldn’t scream or anything, even if he had been home. Another story said it wasn’t a “house sitter” who would be staying there, but someone who was just supposed to bring in the mail and do something to his fish tank. A video accompanying the story in Fark’s link says the guy came back home the morning after her tantrum and did call the cops because her car and purse were on his property (at that point the worry was probably suicide). The ladder she used was a service ladder that is attached to the house. She didn’t go and get one which would have been easier to figure out.
Her poor parents! You have a bright daughter who successfully completes med school, becomes a doctor, making you so proud, and then she loses it and makes a total ash out of herself.
If she was thinking confrontation was the key to continuing the relationship, then perhaps the guy was right to break things off. She didn’t take, “No,” for an answer; she
tried to break into his house; she wasn’t thinking about her own safety …
A bright woman (not too many dummies make it through medical school) but she does seem to be a bit lacking in the psychological department. I mean, we all know that Santa Claus and his bag of goodies can make it down the flue - however most of us reason that WE cannot.
Seems kinda like one of those Darwin things, eh?
an seanchai
4/10 You were trying too hard. 