By Truman Capote Published by First Vintage International Copyright 1965

Herb Clutter Bonnie Clutter Nancy Clutter Kenyon Clutter

 Quadruple Murder of the Clutter Family  Took place Saturday evening November 14, 1959  Discovered Sunday morning, November 15, 1959  Holcomb, Kansas

Richard (Dick) Hickock Perry Smith

 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

 Notes  Photos  Fingerprinting  Ammunition cartridge casing comparison  Analysis all physical evidence including duct tape, footprints, and rope

 Notes  Photos  Ammunition cartridge comparison  Fingerprinting  DNA Testing  Analysis of all physical evidence including duct tape, ropes, blood spatters, and footprints

 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