Robert George Clements was a physician and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life

On 27 May 1947, he murdered his fourth wife, Amy Victoria Burnett^[1]—the daughter of a wealthy industrialist—with morphine in order to inherit her money. Both he and the doctor he called to examine his dying fourth wife diagnosed myeloid leukaemia, which was confirmed by a botched post-mortem. The doctor who carried this out, Dr James Houston, later committed suicide.^[2]

This also caused people to question the deaths of his former 3 wives who with the exception of the 3rd were all wealthy women when he married them and were almost penniless at the time of their deaths. Clements signed the death certificates himself and although there was some suspicions voiced following the death of his third wife there wasn't any opportunity to perform a post-mortem as her body had already been cremated.

When the police came to arrest Clements they found that he too had committed suicide, leaving a note:

"To Whom It May Concern: I can no longer tolerate the diabolical insults to which I have been recently exposed."

[edit] See also

• Dr John Bodkin Adams
• George Chapman
• Dr Thomas Neill Cream
• Dr Jeffrey MacDonald
• Arnfinn Nesset
• Dr William Palmer
• Dr Harold Shipman
• Dr Michael Swango

[edit] References

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 38050, p. 3926, 19 August 1947. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
2. ^ TorontoSun.com - Max Haines: Crime Flashback - Practice makes perfect

[edit] External links

• The Toronto Sun's tale of his activities.

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