News Python strangles woman in Indiana home with 140 snakes owned by sheriff, autopsy says November 1, 2019 Dave Bangert and Nikos Frazier, Lafayette Journal & Courier Comments Off on Python strangles woman in Indiana home with 140 snakes owned by sheriff, autopsy says Police say a 36-year-old woman was found dead, with a python wrapped around her neck, in a house owned by the sheriff and filled with 140 snakes.