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Perry Smith (murderer)

(1928-1965)
Executed American mass murderer
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Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 – April 14, 1965) was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Along with Richard Hickock, Smith took part in the burglary and multiple murder at the Clutter family farmhouse.

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Born Perry Edward Smith
27 October 1928
Huntington, Nevada USA
Died
14 April 1965 (aged 36)
Lansing, Kansas, U.S.
Zodiac Scorpio
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