Clutter family murders

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The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."

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instanceOf film adaptation ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
murder case ⓘ
non-fiction novel ⓘ
quadruple homicide ⓘ
true crime case ⓘ
author Truman Capote ⓘ
basedOn In Cold Blood ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crimeType armed robbery ⓘ
home invasion ⓘ
murder ⓘ
culturalImpact helped popularize the true crime genre ⓘ
date 1959-11-15 ⓘ
executionDateOfPerpetrators 1965-04-14 ⓘ
genre true crime ⓘ
houseLocation Clutter family farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ
informationSourceForCrime tip from former cellmate Floyd Wells ⓘ
inspiredWork In Cold Blood ⓘ
investigatedBy Kansas Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
leadInvestigator Alvin Dewey ⓘ
legacy frequently studied in criminology and journalism courses ⓘ
legalOutcome conviction of Perry Smith ⓘ
conviction of Richard Hickock ⓘ
location Finney County, Kansas ⓘ
Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ
mediaCoverage national attention in the United States ⓘ
motive robbery ⓘ
notableFeature crime scene meticulously documented by investigators ⓘ
perpetrators believed large cash was in the house but found little ⓘ
notableWorkAboutEvent In Cold Blood ⓘ
numberOfVictims 4 ⓘ
perpetrator Perry Smith ⓘ
Richard Hickock ⓘ
perpetratorBackground Perry Smith was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate ⓘ
Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate ⓘ
linked to: Richard Hickock
relatedFilm In Cold Blood (1967 film) ⓘ
linked to: In Cold Blood
sentence death penalty for Perry Smith ⓘ
death penalty for Richard Hickock ⓘ
trialLocation Garden City, Kansas ⓘ
victim Bonnie Clutter ⓘ
Herbert Clutter ⓘ
linked to: Herb Clutter

Kenyon Clutter ⓘ
Nancy Clutter ⓘ
victimFamily Clutter family ⓘ
weaponUsed knife ⓘ
shotgun ⓘ
year 1959 ⓘ

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Bonnie Clutter → event → Clutter family murders ⓘ
Perry Smith → notableFor → Clutter family murders ⓘ
Alvin Dewey → notableEvent → Clutter family murder investigation ⓘ
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Clutter family farmhouse → associatedWithEvent → Clutter family murders ⓘ
Nancy Clutter → deathContext → Clutter family murders ⓘ
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Holcomb, Kansas → knownFor → Clutter family murders of 1959 ⓘ
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Richard Hickock → perpetratorOf → Clutter family murders ⓘ
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In Cold Blood → mainSubject → Clutter family murders ⓘ
subject linked to: Eveanna Clutter
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