Jack Clemmons

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."