Dick Hickock and Perry Smith commit the murders from "summary" of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, two ex-convicts with criminal histories, carried out the brutal murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. The plan to rob the Clutters of their presumed wealth was hatched by Hickock, who had heard about the family from a fellow inmate in prison. Smith, who was Hickock's accomplice, agreed to participate in the crime, driven by his own troubled past and the promise of easy money. On the fateful night of November 15, 1959, Hickock and Smith broke into the Clutter household, armed with a shotgun and a knife. They tied up the family members and proceeded to search the house for a safe that they believed contained a large sum of money. However, their efforts were in vain as there was no safe to be found. Frustrated and enraged, the two men unleashed their violence on the innocent family. Herbert Clutter, his...
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