seems like a breeder from the description. does anyone in the community know her? RIP. the death is unfortunate and i think something like this is gonna blowup and will be sensationalized by the media in 3... 2... 1.
story here: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/...ck/4111159002/
and here: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/...ay/4111294002/Python found coiled around dead woman's neck in northern Indiana home with 140 snakes
An 8-foot python was coiled around the neck of a dead woman inside a home filled with 140 snakes in Oxford, Indiana, police said.
The home is owned by Benton County Sheriff Donald E. Munson, property records show. IndyStar left a message for Munson with Benton County dispatchers on Thursday.
Benton County Sheriff's Department officers found the 36-year-old woman's body in a snake-filled home in the 600 North Dan Patch Drive shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said. The community is located bout 25 miles northwest of Lafayette.
An 8-foot long reticulated python was loosely coiled around her neck, Riley said. Medics tried unsuccessfully to revive the woman.
Riley said the snake may have caused the woman's death, but on it was too soon to know for sure on Thursday.
An autopsy was expected to be performed Friday.
No one lives in the home, which Riley said is "made for the keeping of snakes."
and here: https://fox59.com/2019/10/31/indiana...ound-her-neck/Python found around dead woman's neck in house of snakes owned by Benton Co. sheriff, police say
OXFORD, Ind. – A 36-year-old Battle Ground woman died Wednesday after she was found with an 8-foot snake wrapped around her neck in an Oxford house, owned by Benton County Sheriff Don Munson and set up specifically for a collection of snakes, Indiana State Police said.
The woman, who police had not named as of 12:45 p.m. Thursday, pending notification of her family, apparently kept snakes in the house in the 600 block of North Dan Patch Drive, Sgt. Kim Riley, an Indiana State Police spokesman, said.
Munson, who lives next door to the house, told the J&C Thursday afternoon that he found the woman in the blue ranch house with the snakes on Wednesday evening.
Riley said the woman was found on the floor at 8:51 p.m. Wednesday. Riley said the reticulated python was wrapped loosely around the woman’s neck. The person who found her was able to unwrap the python but was unable to revive her.
Riley said the cause of death would be determined during an autopsy, scheduled for Friday.
“She appears to have been strangled by the snake,” Riley said. “We do not know that for a fact until after the autopsy.”
Coroner Matt Rosenbarger referred all questions to Indiana State Police.
Munson told the J&C the woman’s death was a tragic situation. He said he was cooperating with ISP investigators.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office dispatch also referred calls to ISP.
Riley said the house contained 140 snakes.
Things were quiet Thursday afternoon at the house with the snakes. The house has no signage or references to what’s inside.
Riley said police were continuing their investigation Thursday.
Indiana woman found dead with snake around her neck
OXFORD, Ind. — A woman was found dead with a snake around her neck in Benton County Wednesday night, police say.
Indiana State Police said Benton County Sheriff Don Munson found the woman inside the Oxford home, according to WLFI. It appeared the woman had been “killed by a reptile,” police said.
ISP described the building as a “reptile home” that had been specifically set up to house 140 snakes. According to the Journal & Courier, police found an eight-foot-long reticulated python around the woman’s neck. The newspaper also reported that Munson owns the home.
The victim was identified as Laura Hurst, 36, of Battle Ground. Police say would usually go to the location about twice per week.
Police said Hurst’s cause of death would be determined during an autopsy that’s been scheduled for Friday.