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An inmate photograph of Richard Hickock copied from his Kansas State Prison inmate file. Hickock and his accomplice, Perry Smith, were convicted of first degree murder for the brutal 1959 killings of Herb and Bonnie Clutter, their daughter, Nancy, and son, Kenyon, in Holcomb, Kansas. The murders inspired the true-crime novel "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote.
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: 1965
Item Number: 318
Call Number: B Hickock, Richard E. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 318
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1960s - 1965
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment - Death penalty
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Corrections, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Hickock, Richard Eugene, 1931-1965
Places - Cities and towns - Lansing
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
Type of Material - Photographs
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