IN COLD BLOODBy Truman Capote

Published by First Vintage InternationalCopyright 1965

Clutter House

Clutter Family

Herb Clutter

Bonnie Clutter

Nancy Clutter

Kenyon Clutter

Crime

Quadruple Murder of the Clutter Family

Took place Saturday evening November 14, 1959

Discovered Sunday morning, November 15, 1959

Holcomb, Kansas

Murderers

Richard (Dick) Hickock

Perry Smith

HOW

All Shoot in head

All tied up gagged except Nancy was not gagged

Nancy & Bonnie tucked into bed

Kenyon in basement workshop on old couch

Herb throat cut and was found in furnace room on old mattress box

Investigative Tactics & Forensic 1959

Notes

Photos

Fingerprinting

Ammunition cartridge casing comparison

Analysis all physical evidence including duct tape, footprints, and rope

Investigative Tactics & Forensic 2010

Notes Photos Ammunition cartridge comparison Fingerprinting DNA Testing Analysis of all physical evidence including

duct tape, ropes, blood spatters, and footprints

Trial

March 22, 1960 Trial Began March 28, 1960 Found Guilty after 40

minutes of deliberation April 1960 Appeals Begin May 13, 1960 First Execution Date October 25, 1962, August 8, 1963, &

February 18, 1965 Subsequent Execution Dates

April 14, 1965 Executed

QUESTIONS?