At midnight on Saturday, August 4 1962 Sergeant Jack Clemmons came on duty as watch commander at the west Los Angeles police department on Purdue Street. A call came shortly before dawn, The caller identified himself as Dr. Hyman Engelberg and said

"Marilyn Monroe has died. She’s committed suicide.”

Thinking it was a hoax, he said …

" who did you say this is”?

"I’m Dr. Hyman Engelberg, Marilyn Monroe physician. I’m at her residence. She’s committed suicide.”

“Give me the address, I’ll be right over.” Clemmons noted that it was* 4:25 AM and wrote the time in his logbook.

When he arrived, the door was opened by Mrs: Murray, (Marilyn's house keeper) who looked nervous and fearful, a man sat near the bed was Dr. Engelberg, standing near the night stand was Dr. Greenson ( Monroe’s Psychiatrist.)

“Was the body moved?” Clemmons asked,

“No the doctor replied,”

“Did you try to revive her?”

“No it was to late- we got here to late” replied Greenson.

“ Do you know when she took the pills?”

“No”

Studying the two doctors, Clemmons noted that Engelberg, The taller and more distinguished-looking of the two, seems despondent and uncommunicative, while Greenson, who do did most of the talking, had a strange, defensive attitude. Clemmons recalled,

“ He was cocky, almost challenging me to accuse him of something. I kept thinking to my self “ what the hell is wrong with this fellow ?” because it just didn’t fit the situation.

Clemmons then went to ask questions to Mrs: Murray, she had left the room, he looked for her and found her folding clothes and doing the laundry, he thought to himself this is something very weird, why would you do laundry in the middle of the night while your employer lays dead in the other room?

When did you discover something was wrong with Miss Monroe?

"Just after midnight. I went to bed about ten o’clock. I had something to do, and then I noticed the light under Marilyn’s door. I assume she was sleeping or talking on the phone with a friend, so I went to bed. I woke up around midnight and had to go to the bathroom. The light was still on under Marilyn’s door, and I became quite concerned. I tried the door, But it was locked, you see, from inside.

"The door was looked?" Asked Clemmons.

"Yes" – she replied

“ I knocked on the door but Marilyn didn’t answer, so I called her psychiatrist Dr: Greenson and then he arrived like around 12:30 Am When doctor Greenson arrived he got no replied from her either so he went outside and looked through the bedroom window. He saw Marilyn lying motionless on the bed, looking peculiar.

He broke the window with a poker, and climbed inside and came around and opened the door, he told me

“ We’ve lost her” and then he called Dr. Engelberg.”

Clemmons felt that her story seemed prepared; she related the events in an even, precise voice and fidgeted with the laundry.

Returning to the room Clemmons asked the Doctors why they'd waited four hours before calling the police. Greenson caustically replied, "We had to get permission from the studio publicity department before we could call anyone."

"The publicity department?" Clemmons wondered aloud.

" Yes, the 20th Century - fox publicity department. Miss Monroe is making a film there."

" What did you do during those hours? The doctors became more evasive, but Clemmons press the point.

"We were just talking" Engelberg mumbled.

"About what?"

"What were you talking about for four hours."

The doctors shrugged their shoulders and stared at him blankly.