Clutter Case Summary

The Clearview Township is a suburban community of 25,000 individuals. Bill Harper, the newly appointed manager of the Clearview Township. Mr. Harper had made some very fruitful recommendations: The financing of all future capital improvements in cash during the fiscal year in which the work would be done, would be considered a great idea considering the state of the community’s finances. One thing that may hinder this plan would depend on the form in which the community accepts the increase in taxes. This would and could also result negatively with the community during the next upcoming election. Individuals in a community would not vote for an individual that has raised their taxes and not increases services offered in the community.

The original conviction of Kinkel was on behalf of four counts of murder, and twenty-six counts attempted murder, in which the defendant is set to face one hundred

In the northwest corner of Garden City, Kansas lies four graves from a horrific massacre that happened on a cold November evening in 1959. Written by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood goes into specific detail from the night of the killing to the hanging of the convicted killers: Perry Smith and Richard Hickock.

After the murder a group of Mr. Clutter's old friends go to the house and help clean up. The KBI starts to investigate the murders, a man named Alvin Dewey is in charge. He has absolutely no clues except for one footprint and a radio that went missing. He does not know the motive but suspects there was more than one murderer and that they were close to the Clutter family. All four of the Clutters were tied down and shot, Mr. Clutter's throat was slit as well, Nancy and Mrs. Clutter were shot in their own beds. Paranoia is rapidly spreading through Holcomb and everyone is suspecting everyone else. Dick and Perry are in the town of Olathe eating dinner, Perry has almost no appetite and is very anxious that they are going to get caught.

On Saturday, December 1, 1900, a man named John Hossack was killed in his sleep with a hatchet by his wife, Margaret Hossack. The story told by Margaret was that she had heard what sounded like two boards banging together and by that time the attacker had fled and she didn’t catch a glimpse of him. The next thing she saw was her extremely wounded husband, John, who had a five-inch cut into his head and a fractured skull. A doctor, who came and examined John, and said there was no hope and John died the next morning. As an investigation started, a burglary was thought of as the first motive but the idea flawed because nothing was stolen so the idea was quickly abandoned. In the 4 days between the murder and the funeral, the police talked to

They were both poor, white, unemployed criminals, who were always seeking to rob and commit various crimes. The Clutter family murders, were in a way, justified when the murders were convicted and hung in Garden City, Kansas. Dick and Perry knew exactly what they were doing and yet, felt no sympathy for the innocent family. But also, the government killed them to show that killing others isn’t right. This leads to a whole different argument as to if the capital penalty or the death penalty should yet, still be allowed. In the case of Perry and Dick, I believe they did deserve the death penalty to justify the murders of Herb, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon

While reading the book “In Cold Blood” you are introduced to the Clutter family one by one. You learn that Herb Clutter is the head of the house. He is well liked and respected by the townspeople. Mr. Clutter was a

Herb Clutter: He’s the father of the murdered family. He’s forty-eight yr. old. Herb is a normal man, who makes a living with the farm he owns. His social contacts in the neighborhood and the people of Holcomb community are very good, people love to talk with him and Mr.

The American Dream is prominent within the novel from the varying perceptions of the characters. The Clutter family was perceived to be living the American Dream along with their community. They had the luxury to live a comfortable lifestyle without reliance on anyone but themselves. Capote impeccably captures the contrasting stories of the idyllic family and the flawed murderers and suggests that the American Dream is delicate and requires the corporation of others, but despite the best efforts by some, it is unobtainable. “Always certain of what he wanted from the world, Mr. Clutter had in large measure obtained it,” (Capote 6). Mr. Clutter, a determined man who had worked for the life he envisioned, would have lived a prosperous life on his

Upon murdering the Clutter family, Perry Smith and Richard “Dick” Hickock are housed in a jail as they await their trial, which would bestow upon each of them a charge of death by hanging. While in limbo, Perry Smith receives a letter from Don Cullivan, a friend he had once known while serving in the United States Army. In his letter, Cullivan states “my brother died of leukemia… He

PLF 4M1 is a class like no other, a class which will help you develop many important and useful skills necessary in order to become successful. Rather than being taught with lessons and notes, the class is taught with a hands on approach. Each task done within helps promote leadership, time management, team work, organization, and stepping out of comfort zones. The very first task was the Popsicle stick bridge where teams were competing to see whose bridge could hold the most weight before cracking. This specific task was just a small taste of what was to come. Students were given a time limit and a limited amount of supplies, which forced teams to work together in order to be most successful. Time management was important factor because if

Rural Kansas was a peaceful, welcoming community. The farmers and townspeople were very close and friendly with one another. Nothing bad ever happened in these farming areas because the people were nice and friendly. Until one frightful night, everything changed. Back in 1959, the town of Holcomb, Kansas was absolutely shocked and taken aback by the news of killings that occurred in their small town. The victims were a well-known and loved family from the community. They were brutally murdered in their rural farmhouse. Truman Capote unravels the secrets, rumors, suspicions, and truth about the crime of the small town murder of the Clutter family in his non-fiction book, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences.

Murders were not unusual in the “east end” of London. Some historians thinks, there were dozen murders and a few say only five.

The human gut microbiome has appeared in some recent studies to be a potential reason for why 180 million children worldwide suffer stunting, a case in which the child can become mentally retarded or infected with diseases. Even with malnourishment, the right balance of gut microbiomes can lead to a healthy growth, while their imbalance can lead to stunting. William Petri, Jr. worked on infants in Bangladesh for years with his team, but the team was not successful to utilize the dietary supplements to counteract malnourishment. However, William has found the results about gut microbiomes to be enlightening. He teamed up with Tahmeed Ahmed and Jeffrey Gordon to examine stool samples from different Bangladeshi infants and compared the results

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) was proposed by Sharpe (1964) –Lintner (1965) whom had relied on the Markowitz mean–variance-efficiency model, in the mean – variance –efficiency model investors are supposed to be risk-averse during one time period and they only care about the expected returns and the variance of returns (risk). These investors choose only efficient portfolios with minimum variance, given expected return, and maximum expected return, and variance. The Expected returns and variance plot a parabola, and points above its global minimum identify a mean–Variance - efficient frontier of risky assets.