Shipman was also caught forging the will of one of his victims, Kathleen Grundy. He changed the will to leave everything to him and also changed that she wanted to be cremated instead of being buried. Grundy’s daughter, Angela Woodruff was notified of the will and she immediately notified the police because she knew that the will was not changed and signed by her mother (Batty, 2005). Kathleen Grundy’s body was exhumed and was determined that she was giving a lethal dose of morphine. Subsequently, nearly a dozen of his deceased patient’s bodies were exhumed and all of them had lethal doses of morphine in their body tissue (Batty, 2005). It was also determined that Shipman was putting wrong information as the manner of death on his patient’s death certificates. There is not an exact number of how many patients that Shipman actually murdered, but he was only convicted of fifteen murders in January, 2000 in which he was given fifteen life sentences. It is estimated that he killed at least 250 of his patients over 23 years of practice, all in the same manner (Batty, 2005). Harold Shipman dubbed Dr. Death hanged himself in his prison cell on January 13, 2004 at the age of
Shipman was also caught forging the will of one of his victims, Kathleen Grundy. He changed the will to leave everything to him and also changed that she wanted to be cremated instead of being buried. Grundy’s daughter, Angela Woodruff was notified of the will and she immediately notified the police because she knew that the will was not changed and signed by her mother (Batty, 2005). Kathleen Grundy’s body was exhumed and was determined that she was giving a lethal dose of morphine. Subsequently, nearly a dozen of his deceased patient’s bodies were exhumed and all of them had lethal doses of morphine in their body tissue (Batty, 2005). It was also determined that Shipman was putting wrong information as the manner of death on his patient’s death certificates. There is not an exact number of how many patients that Shipman actually murdered, but he was only convicted of fifteen murders in January, 2000 in which he was given fifteen life sentences. It is estimated that he killed at least 250 of his patients over 23 years of practice, all in the same manner (Batty, 2005). Harold Shipman dubbed Dr. Death hanged himself in his prison cell on January 13, 2004 at the age of