Jack Clemmons
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Jack Clemmons was a police officer
with the Los Angeles Police Department
. He was the first to arrive at the death scene
of Marilyn Monroe
on 5 August 1962. He was with the LAPD for 20 years, from 1945 to 1965. Clemmons thought that Monroe was murdered and that her room was a staged death scene. He made some major accusations that the LAPD were involved in a cover up . He stated: "Somebody murdered her. It was an out and out case of murder!"
Clemmons claimed that when he entered Monroe's house, her housekeeper was washing the laundry, and that Monroe's room appeared as though it had been cleaned prior to his arrival: "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's position. Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen. The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy."
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
with the Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
. He was the first to arrive at the death scene
Death of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychoanalyst Ralph S Florence after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be "acute barbiturate poisoning" by Dr. Thomas...
of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
on 5 August 1962. He was with the LAPD for 20 years, from 1945 to 1965. Clemmons thought that Monroe was murdered and that her room was a staged death scene. He made some major accusations that the LAPD were involved in a cover up . He stated: "Somebody murdered her. It was an out and out case of murder!"
Clemmons claimed that when he entered Monroe's house, her housekeeper was washing the laundry, and that Monroe's room appeared as though it had been cleaned prior to his arrival: "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's position. Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen. The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy."