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The Case Of Perry Smith And Dick Hickock

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Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are wanted for murder, robbery, and fraud. These two murdered the Clutter family in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas at the families providence. They had thought it would be a adequate family to steal money from. When they were unable to find the money they were looking for the decided to kill them in anger and left most of the family dead. They were motivated to do so because they wanted revenge on everybody who had treated them poorly in their young and adult lives. Perry Smith and Dick Hickock were thieves who murdered, robbed, raped and committed fraud against the Clutters who had a homestead in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959 (Karrigan 1998). There motive was not revenge just but the lust for money

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