The Clutter Murders When justice changed all

The Clutter Murders forever changed American culture.

The Clutter family (Source: ABC Australia)

BACKGROUND

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Nancy Clutter's body in her bedroom (Source: CrimeArchives.net)

THE CRIME

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Perry Smith's arrest paperwork (Source: Murderpedia)

THE AFTERMATH

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Author Truman Capote at a press conference celebrating the success of In Cold Blood (Source: The New Yorker)

WORKS CITED

Associated Press. "Kansas Town Still Grieves 'In Cold Blood' Deaths." NBC News, 9 November 2009.
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood (1965). Vintage International, 2012.
"Clutter Family Murders." Garden City Police Department, accessed 30 November 2016.
McCarthy, Erin. "15 Details from the In Cold Blood Killers’ Case Files." Mental Floss, 6 June 2013.
"Richard Hickock and Perry Smith." CrimeArchives.net, accessed 9 December 2016.
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