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What happened to my snake?

Yesterday she was flailing her head from side to side, acting almost disoriented. She didn't really seem to notice me picking her up except sometimes she would start flailing her head a little harder. Then today she was dead. Tank was monitored, I made sure the temps were correct and healthy, they were monitored for 3 nights after I got her. Tank liner, water replaced daily. Water came from a water source with a filter. Daylight incandescent light, UTH. The hiding spot got pretty warm sometimes from being on UTH and under light. There was a cardboard box on top to maintain ambient temp. One concern is that the water filter has not been changed in several months. Any ideas what happened and how to prevent it??
My snake was a ball python and temps were monitored with a thermometer/humidity gauge stuck to the back wall inside the tank. The hiding spot was checked with a probe a few times to check it and got to about 98, I'm not sure if that is good or bad.

There's no telling what killed her unless you do a necropsy. If you want that, you need to refridgerate the body, not freeze. A vet can necropsy and tell you if they find anything. I've done my own necropsies before and also had professional necropsy with pathology done when I didn't know a cause. All heat sources should have a thermostat on it and it sounds like your didn't. This can lead to excessively high temperatures which can kill a snake pretty quickly as well as give it severe burns. Without regulation, many mats get as high as 130 degrees plus. How were the temps monitored? Did you have a temperature probe or laser temp? You normally wouldn't need two heat sources in a cage. Either heat lamp, or uth will do. I personally prefer uth over heat lamps. I'm sorry for your loss though. I know how difficult it is to lose one.
Edit for comment: You don't say what species of snake it is. Inclusion body disease is only fatal to boas and pythons and generally it isn't acute: that is it doesn't kill in one day. You'll see signs of inability to right themselves, loss of appetite etc. before the snake dies. they don't generally show symptoms and then die the next day. Colubrids like cornsnakes and kingsnakes are not affected by the disease.