I remain skeptical until the autopsy confirms that "the snake did it". Not saying the snake could NOT have done this, but so could a human. Let's just say she was
having an affair with a married man (maybe even the one who owned the house?) & it was a convenient way to dispose of the "problem"- after all, who would doubt
it...a woman alone in a house filled with snakes probably even "deserved to be killed by one" in the eyes of many of the snake-hating and fearing-public. This really
COULD have been staged...I REALLY hope they have a good medical examiner. We don't need more anti-snake sentiment from stupid things like this.
Realistically, yes, she might have blown it...so do keep in mind the rules of safety when working with big snakes...& just "how big" is partly determined by your own
size, fitness, age, strength, and experience. It's never wrong to have a second person (or more) on hand when working with large constrictors.