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He used opium to kill 260 patients, and the reason was for money. His victims were mainly elderly ladies who had substantial assets, but few relatives. Shipman would forge their wills, steal their jewels, take their cash and bonds. He even got a kickback from the cremation facilities. In March 1998, Dr. Linda Reynolds of the Brooke 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. She claimed Shipman was, either through negligence or intent, killing his patients.

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