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Officers Find Woman's Body In Back Yard
www.nbc4.com ^ | 1 April 03

Posted on 04/02/2003 4:59:42 AM PST by meowmeow

ASPEN HILL, Md. -- An Aspen Hill woman is dead after apparently setting her clothes on fire.

Montgomery County fire spokesman Pete Piringer says police notified paramedics about the 23-year-old victim at about 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Rebecca Linciome was found in the backyard of her home in the 13500 block of Turkey Branch Parkway.

Investigators believe the victim was smoking when she accidentally set fire to her clothes.

Investigators said Linciome suffered from several serious medical conditions, including cerebral palsy, vater syndrome, and asthma. She used a portable oxygen pump.

An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: darwin; smoking; smokingkills
Good grief.
1 posted on 04/02/2003 4:59:42 AM PST by meowmeow
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To: meowmeow
I hope she didn't reproduce.
2 posted on 04/02/2003 5:01:15 AM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, Zoolander)
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To: meowmeow
Smoking with an oxygen pump.....Ain't the first time I have heard of it happening.
3 posted on 04/02/2003 5:02:06 AM PST by najida (Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)
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To: meowmeow
Natural selection.
4 posted on 04/02/2003 5:03:09 AM PST by kb2614 (".....We've done nothing and were all out of ideas!!")
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To: meowmeow
Investigators said Linciome suffered from several serious medical conditions, including cerebral palsy, vater syndrome, and asthma. She used a portable oxygen pump.

Good thing there were no medical professionals nearby to inhale her second hand smoke. Dying alone and burned to a crisp is no way to go.

God rest her soul.

5 posted on 04/02/2003 5:14:24 AM PST by JoeSixPack1 (POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
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To: meowmeow
She musta REALLY hated those clothes.
6 posted on 04/02/2003 5:17:40 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: meowmeow
I guess smoking really CAN be hazardous to your health!

Also, since she was smoking, she was inhaling her own second hand smoke. Does that mean the smoke from the fire was third hand smoke? Have there been any studies to analyze the effects of third hand smoke?
7 posted on 04/02/2003 5:55:12 AM PST by Born Conservative
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To: meowmeow
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you.....
8 posted on 04/02/2003 6:04:26 AM PST by csvset (Remember kids, smoking in a oxygen rich atmosphere is a dumb thing to do!)
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