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Pricing
In Cold Blood
Events
Fugitives on the Run
NOV 15, 1959 - DEC 30, 1959
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Murders of Clutter Family
NOV 15, 1959
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Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter are murdered in Holcomb, Kansas.
Clutter Family Funeral
NOV 17, 1959
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Fugitives Arrested
DEC 30, 1959
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Las Vegas police arrest Perry Smith and Richard Hickock on a Kansas warrent for passing bad checks.
Capote Interviews
JAN 1, 1960 - DEC 31, 1965
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Capote interviews Richard Hickock and Perry Smith on death row at the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing.
Murderers Confess
JAN 2, 1960
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Richard Hickock, followed by Perry Smith confess to the Clutter murders.
Murder Trial Begins
MAR 22, 1960 - March 29, 1960
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Found Guilty
MAR 28, 1960
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A jury of 12 men found Richard Hickock and Perry Smith guilty. They were sentenced to death.
Original Execution Date
MAY 13, 1960
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The original exection date was postponed.
Appeals to the Kansas Supreme Court
JAN 1, 1961 - DEC 31, 1963
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Lawyers for Hickock and Smith appeal the case all the way to the Kansas Supreme Court. Eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the case
Date of Executions
APR 15, 1965
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The killers are executed shortly after midnight; Hickock first, pronounced dead at 12:43 a.m.; then Smith on the same gallows at 1:22 a.m. They are buried in unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery.