The Clutter Murders
| This is the whole Clutter family at a happy time before the murders. | |
The Clutter family was murdered on November 15, 1959 by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock.The Clutter's son, 15 year old Kenyon, was tied up and laid on a sofa in the basement. His father was also tied up in the basement. Bonnie Clutter and her 16 year old-daughter, Nancy, were tied up in separate beds. Although the motive of the killings was money, there was no cache of money. The killer's got away with less than 50 dollars and a radio.Perry Smith and Richard Hickock were hung in 1965. It was one of the last hangings in the state of Kansas!