Herb Clutter: Herb Clutter was 48 years old at the time of his murder. He was the owner of River Valley Farms, a prosperous farm. He was not the richest man in town but he and his family were very well off. Herb was confident and widely respected in the community of Holcomb County, he was the “community’s most widely known citizen.” He was also widely known and respected in Garden City, a close by county. Herb Clutter was the head of the building committee for the First Methodist Church and Chairman of the Kansas Conference of Farm Organizations. During the Eisenhower Administration Clutter was a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board. His imediate family includes his wife, Bonnie Clutter, and his children, Evanna, Beverly, Nancy, and Kenyon.
Bonnie Clutter: Originally Bonnie Fox, Bonnie was the sister of Herb Clutter’s college classmate. Bonnie had some mental issues, she had been a psychiatric patient on and off for the last half dozen years of her life. Bonnie became depressed after the births of her four children but during the last years of her life doctors told the Clutters that it was a physical problem in her spine and not in her head that was the cause of “poor Bonnie’s afflictions.” Bonnie did not sleep with her husband, but in a different room, where she could be heard crying much of the time.
Nancy Clutter: Nancy was 16 when she was murdered. She had a steady boyfriend named Bobby Rupp. She was an over achiever, because her mother was ill, Nancy took on much of the cooking around the house. She was a straight A student, class president, a leader in the 4-H club, a member of the Young Methodists League, played piano and clarinet, she won at the county fair every year, for needlework, pastry, preserves, and flower arrangement, and a skilled rider. The home economics teacher had said “Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And thats one definition of a lady.”
Kenyon Clutter: Kenyon Clutter was 14 when he was murdered. Like Nancy, Kenyon was an over achiever. He was a member of the 4-H Club. In his free time he invented things. He was much quieter and less social than his sister. He only had one really good friend, who was in the grade above him. He liked to spend his time in the basement which had become a hangout for him and Nancy. Both he and Nancy attended Holcomb High, instead of the more prestigious high school because Herb Clutter believed in community.
Perry Smith: Perry Smith was one of the killers of the Clutter family. He came from a dysfunctional family. His mother left his father taking him and his brothers and sisters from their father. His mother started drinking and his father came back to find them. His brother and sisters shunned their father because they had learned to hate him. Perry did not hate his father and decided to go live with him. They traveled around most of his childhood until they settled in Alaska to start a hunting lodge. He has a normal sized torso but oddly small legs that were the result of a motorcycle accident. He met Dick when they were in prison together. He believes he is very educated and has dreams of going and finding treasure in Mexico. He was hanged for the murder of the Clutters.
Bonnie Clutter: Originally Bonnie Fox, Bonnie was the sister of Herb Clutter’s college classmate. Bonnie had some mental issues, she had been a psychiatric patient on and off for the last half dozen years of her life. Bonnie became depressed after the births of her four children but during the last years of her life doctors told the Clutters that it was a physical problem in her spine and not in her head that was the cause of “poor Bonnie’s afflictions.” Bonnie did not sleep with her husband, but in a different room, where she could be heard crying much of the time.
Nancy Clutter: Nancy was 16 when she was murdered. She had a steady boyfriend named Bobby Rupp. She was an over achiever, because her mother was ill, Nancy took on much of the cooking around the house. She was a straight A student, class president, a leader in the 4-H club, a member of the Young Methodists League, played piano and clarinet, she won at the county fair every year, for needlework, pastry, preserves, and flower arrangement, and a skilled rider. The home economics teacher had said “Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And thats one definition of a lady.”
Kenyon Clutter: Kenyon Clutter was 14 when he was murdered. Like Nancy, Kenyon was an over achiever. He was a member of the 4-H Club. In his free time he invented things. He was much quieter and less social than his sister. He only had one really good friend, who was in the grade above him. He liked to spend his time in the basement which had become a hangout for him and Nancy. Both he and Nancy attended Holcomb High, instead of the more prestigious high school because Herb Clutter believed in community.
Perry Smith: Perry Smith was one of the killers of the Clutter family. He came from a dysfunctional family. His mother left his father taking him and his brothers and sisters from their father. His mother started drinking and his father came back to find them. His brother and sisters shunned their father because they had learned to hate him. Perry did not hate his father and decided to go live with him. They traveled around most of his childhood until they settled in Alaska to start a hunting lodge. He has a normal sized torso but oddly small legs that were the result of a motorcycle accident. He met Dick when they were in prison together. He believes he is very educated and has dreams of going and finding treasure in Mexico. He was hanged for the murder of the Clutters.
Richard Hickock: Richard, or Dick as he is referred to, Hickock was the other killer of the Clutter family. Unlike Perry, Dick had a loving family. He was smooth talking and less fanciful than Perry. While in Mexico he becomes engaged to two different women, one young and beautiful, the other older and rich. Dick uses the older woman for her money. When they are in prison after they are caught Dick and Perry each decide to try to escape but Perry won’t leave without Dick, but Dick does not consider Perry a necessary part of his escape plan. Before he was sent to prison he was married twice. As part of his parole from his first incarceration he was required to live with his parents. He was hanged for the murder of the Clutters.
Alvin Dewey: Alvin Dewey was the main agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) assigned to the case of the Clutter Massacre. He was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) before he joined the KBI. He has a wife and two young sons. He has three assistants who are fellow KBI agents, Harold Nye, Roy Church, and Clarence Duntz.
Bobby Rupp: Nancy’s boyfriend. He was the last person, aside from Dick and Perry, to see the Clutters alive. He was also a preliminary suspect in the murders.
Susan Kidwell: Nancy’s best friend. She was Nancy’s confidant. She along with another friend discovered Nancy’s body in her bed when they went to see if the Clutters were going to Church that morning. She is an only child and lives with her mother because her father left when she was a child.
Beverly and Evanna Clutter: Beverly and Evanna split the $80,000 life insurance policy that Herb Clutter had taken out the day he was murdered. Evanna was already married and Beverly was betrothed. Nancy was making the bridesmaid dresses for Beverly’s wedding.
The Stockleins: Alfred Stocklein worked on River Valley Farm and he and his family resided on the property. On the night of the murders they were awake with a sick infant.
Alvin Dewey: Alvin Dewey was the main agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) assigned to the case of the Clutter Massacre. He was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) before he joined the KBI. He has a wife and two young sons. He has three assistants who are fellow KBI agents, Harold Nye, Roy Church, and Clarence Duntz.
Bobby Rupp: Nancy’s boyfriend. He was the last person, aside from Dick and Perry, to see the Clutters alive. He was also a preliminary suspect in the murders.
Susan Kidwell: Nancy’s best friend. She was Nancy’s confidant. She along with another friend discovered Nancy’s body in her bed when they went to see if the Clutters were going to Church that morning. She is an only child and lives with her mother because her father left when she was a child.
Beverly and Evanna Clutter: Beverly and Evanna split the $80,000 life insurance policy that Herb Clutter had taken out the day he was murdered. Evanna was already married and Beverly was betrothed. Nancy was making the bridesmaid dresses for Beverly’s wedding.
The Stockleins: Alfred Stocklein worked on River Valley Farm and he and his family resided on the property. On the night of the murders they were awake with a sick infant.
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