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Clutter Murder Case Study

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In Garden City, on November 18, 1959 bloodstains were found leading to the Clutter murder case last week. These bloodstains were found on the Arkansas River bridge near the Herbert Clutter farm. County Attorney Duane West confirmed that they had not determined if the blood stains was human blood or from an animal. He said there are many pheasant hunters around the area and is very possible the stains came from an animal. The stains, fingerprints, rope and tape were taken from the house and to be sent to the Kansas Bureau of investigation laboratory in Topeka to be analyzed today. Duane West also said that they do not know if the fingerprints found in the home were from the victims or other people. At the new conference there was a KBI Agent

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