Los Angeles Police sergeant Jack Clemmons is famous because he was the
first Police officer to "officially" arrive at the death scene of
Marilyn Monroe on August 5, 1962, at 4:45 a.m. He had received a call at
4:25 telling him Marilyn Monroe was dead.
Clemmons stated that when he entered Marilyn Monroe home, Mrs. Murray
the maid was doing laundry at 4:45 a.m. and that Monroe's room was very
tidy, as though it had been cleaned prior to his arrival. In Clemmons's
own words: "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's
position," said Clemmons. "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."