Título: Harold Shipman
Seção: Detection
Background: Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 - 13 January 2004) was a British general practitioner and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history. On 31 January 2000, a jury found Shipman guilty of fifteen murders for killing patients under his care. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with the recommendation that he never be released. The Shipman Inquiry, a two-year-long investigation of all deaths certified by Shipman, which was chaired by Dame Janet Smith, examined Shipman's crimes.

Conteúdo: In March 1998, Linda Reynolds of the Donneybrook Surgery in Hyde, prompted by Deborah Massey from Frank Massey and Son's funeral parlour, expressed concerns to John Pollard, the coroner for the South Manchester District, about the high death rate among Shipman's patients. In particular, she was concerned about the large number of cremation forms for elderly women that he had needed countersigned. The matter was brought to the attention of the police, who were unable to find sufficient evidence to bring charges; the Shipman Inquiry later blamed the police for assigning inexperienced officers to the case. Between 17 April 1998, when the police abandoned the investigation, and Shipman's eventual arrest, he killed three more people. His last victim was Kathleen Grundy, who was found dead at her home on 24 June 1998. Shipman was the last person to see her alive and later signed her death certificate, recording "old age" as the cause of death.  In August 1998, taxi driver John Shaw, from Hyde, contacted the police, informing them that he suspected Shipman of murdering 21 of his patients. Grundy's daughter, lawyer Angela Woodruff, became concerned when solicitor Brian Burgess informed her that a will had been made, apparently by her mother. There were doubts about its authenticity. The will excluded her and her children, but left PS386,000 to Shipman. Burgess told Woodruff to report it, and she went to the police, who began an investigation. Grundy's body was exhumed and when examin

user: What was detection?

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user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: case. Between 17 April 1998, when the police abandoned the investigation, and Shipman's eventual arrest,

user: What was he being investigated for?

assistant: he killed three more people. His last victim was Kathleen Grundy, who was found dead

user: How did he kill them?

assistant: the last person to see her alive and later signed her death certificate, recording "old age" as the cause of death.

user: When was he caught?

assistant: September 1998,

user: How did the police catch him?

assistant: and was found to own a typewriter of the kind used to make the forged will.

user: Was he a serial killer?

assistant: The police then investigated other deaths Shipman had certified, and created a list of 15 specimen cases to investigate.

user: Who were some of his other victims?

assistant: cremation forms for elderly women that he had needed countersigned.

user: How did he kill them?

assistant: patients' death certificates, and then falsifying medical records to indicate that they had been in poor health.