Death by bookcase...

What can one say about this. There is something clearly...er...missing in the story. A woman ends up wedged, upside down, *behind* a bookcase and dies...and no one is the house can FIND HER for 11 days or so. Ok, she is 5'3" and could, one guesses, end up hidden behind a 6" bookcase...maybe. But I am having a hard time with the "climb on top of a bureau and plug in a outlet...AND fall behind said bookcase" I've a feeling there is a Darwin Award in this...