Oxford – Yesterday evening around 8:51 P.M. at 609 North Dan Patch Drive in Oxford, IN a 911 call was received by the Benton County Dispatch of a woman found unresponsive with a Reticulated Python wrapped around her neck.

Medics arrived and attempted life saving measures on Laura Hurst, 36 of Battle Ground, IN but were unsuccessful.

The home was recently renovated and is set up specifically for the collection of snakes, police said.

Of the 140 snakes at the location, approximately 20 belonged to Hurst. She frequents the location around 2 times a week.

An autopsy will be performed on Friday which will hopefully give an official cause of death.

The case is ongoing.

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