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Old 01/07/2008, 05:24 PM
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At least the kitten is safe
Woman Drowns In Rain Barrel

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A woman drowned when she apparently tried to retrieve a kitten from a 55-gallon rain barrel at her home southeast of Santa Fe.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano said 48-year-old Deborah Hill was found by her husband Sunday afternoon after he returned home from running errands. Solano said the couple had dragged the plastic barrel inside their home because they wanted to thaw ice that had formed in the barrel.

The barrel, which Solano said was tied to a door so it wouldn't tip, was about one-third full of water when the kitten fell in. Solano said Hill apparently was standing on something to reach down for the kitten when she slid in.

Detectives said it's likely she drowned and the kitten climbed out over her.
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:29 PM
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ho w do they know she reached in fo a kitten.

sounds like a job for uh oh if you ask me.

one way to get rid of a wife.
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:32 PM
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ho w do they know she reached in fo a kitten.
The incriminating paw prints on her back.
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:36 PM
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:36 PM
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The incriminating paw prints on her back.
i am sceptical
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:38 PM
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I am amazed. If she had just thrown in a towel and hung onto it, the kitten would have climbed up on its own.

One wonders if perhaps there is more to this story...like impairment, or like---how did the kitten possibly relate this story to investigators? If I were the coroner I would rule manner as drowning but means as indeterminate...and I don't think it was the kitten.
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:44 PM
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Naming the kitten as a beneficiary was not a good idea.
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Old 01/07/2008, 05:47 PM
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you have to watch those kittens.

they are all cute and inocent looking.

but turn your back and before you know it you are in a barrel fighting for your life,.
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Old 01/07/2008, 07:18 PM
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The scared, soaking wet kitten hid in the corner probably gave it away.

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Old 01/07/2008, 08:37 PM
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The incriminating paw prints on her back.
I'm sure that it was Colonel Mustard in the study with a candlestick...oh wait....different story...sorry.
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Old 01/07/2008, 10:28 PM
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That KITTEN was FRAMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 01/08/2008, 01:38 AM
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The barrel, which Solano said was tied to a door so it wouldn't tip, was about one-third full of water when the kitten fell in. \
Yes, i often find that barrels 1/3 filled with ice will often times spontaneously tip. Thus, i will usually tie them to a wall and throw a kitten in. Usually i am smart enough to do this when the wifee isn't around. Damn shame to lose a wifee this way. They aren't cheap, ya know.
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