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In Cold Blood

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Murdered the clutters. Wants to be educated. Considers himself artistic and intelligent. Had a lonely and disorganized childhood. Large torso and small legs. romantic narcissist.
Perry Smith
Has been married twice. Has had jail time for passing bad checks. Exudes confidence and cruelty but is not as brave or mean as he seems.
Richard Eugene Hickock
Father of the Clutter family. Owns River Valley Farm. Community leader involved in several organizations. Strict Methodist. "die-hard community booster"
Herb Clutter
Wife of Herb Clutter. Withdrawn. Suffers from depression. Spends a lot of time in bed.
Bonnie Clutter
Bobby Rupp's girlfriend. Daughter of the Clutters. Class president. Future prom queen. Everyone in town loves her. She is very organized.
Nancy Clutter
Son of the Clutters. 15 years old. Awkward. Likes to tinker with carpentry and machines.
Kenyon Clutter
Nancy's boyfriend, initially the primary suspect
Bobby Rupp
Investigator for Kansas Bureau of Investigation. (KBI) Becomes very involved in the case which causes distress to his wife, Marie and their two sons.
Alvin Dewey
Nancy's best friend. a symbol of graceful and forgiving resilience in the wake of unspeakable tragedy
Susan Kidwell
Perry's father. Kind backwoods man who never visits Perry in jail. Met Perry's mom in the rodeo.
Tex John Smith
Assistant to the Chaplain of Lansing. Tells Perry he is talented.
Willie-Jay
Perry's only living sister. Lives in San Francisco. Is married.
Barbara Johnson
The proprietor of Hartman's Cafe. She has a thick skin and scolds her customers when they gossip too much about the Clutter murders
Bess Hartman
Employed at river valley farm during murder, does not hear the shotgun because of sick baby
Alfred Stoecklein
Dick's father, who lives in Olathe with his wife, Eunice and the Hickocks' younger son.
Walter Hickock
Dick's cellmate at the Kansas State Penitentiary, and a former employee at River Valley Farm, who told Dick that Herb Clutter kept ten thousand dollars in a safe in his house. Wells is the one to tip off the detectives about Perry and Dick, which eventually results in their arrest.
Floyd Wells
The Protestant chaplain in Lansing, where Perry was formerly imprisoned. While under Willie-Jay's tutelage, Perry painted a portrait of Jesus which the Reverend now keeps in his office, as a testament to Perry's character.
Reverend James Post
The groundskeeper at River Valley Farm.
Paul Helm
The eldest daughter of Herb and Bonnie Clutter, who is married and lives in northern Illinois.
Eveanna Jarchow
The Clutters' second daughter, who is studying to be a nurse in Kansas City.
Beverly Clutter
A resident of Holcomb for two years, whom Herb Clutter has elected to honor at the 4-H Achievement Banquet. After the murders, she and her husband Hideo decide to move out of state.
Mrs. Ashida
A motorist whom Perry and Dick almost murder and rob near Omaha, but they are stopped at the last minute when he pulls over for another hitchhiker.
Mr. Bell
Setting of the story
Holcomb Kansas
Mr. Clutter's requirements
No booze
How Nancy spent day of murder
Baking cherry pie, music lessons, caring for her horse
Mr. Clutter spent the day of his murder
buying life insurance and attending a 4-H meeting
Mrs. Clutter's ailment
Chronic postpartum depression
Dick's personal life
Grew up in Kansas, in jail for passing bad checks, married and divorced twice, has kids.
Dick's movements day of the murder
He picks Perry up, stops to buy rubber gloves and rope, has steak dinner, goes to Garden City, enters Clutter house
Why was Bobby Rupp a suspect?
Last to see them alive
Who interpreted Perry's letters?
Willie jay, Perry's prison mate
Floyd Wells role in death
Former cell-mate of Dick, former employee of Clutters, told him about money
The M'Naghten rule
Test to determine insanity at time of crime
New genre that Capote wrote
The nonfiction novel
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