11.27.2006

In The "I Don't Know Where She Is But What's That Odd Smell?" Department

And you think life gets a little strange around your household:

A woman's body was found wedged upside-down behind a bookcase in the home she shared with relatives who had spent nearly two weeks looking for her.

A spokesman for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Mariesa Weber's death was not suspicious. Family members said they believe she fell over as she tried to adjust the plug of a television behind the bookshelf.

Weber, 38, returned home Oct. 28 and greeted her mother, then wasn't seen again. Her family thought she had been kidnapped and contacted authorities. Family members scoured her room for clues but found nothing, though they did notice a strange smell.

On Nov. 9, Weber's sister went into her bedroom and looked behind a bookcase, where she saw the woman's foot. Using a flashlight the family saw Weber was wedged upside-down behind the unit.

"I'm sleeping in the same house as her for 11 days, looking for her," her mother, Connie Weber, told the St. Petersburg Times. "And she's right in the bedroom."
Why am I not surprised this happened in Florida?

But no, I'm not laughing. Further down in the story it basically says the victim's lack of "height" was an issue and that she had to climb on things to reach them. Turns out she is - er, was - taller than I am and I will not confess the things I do to reach things.