Richard Hickock

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Richard Hickock was one of the two American ex-convicts who brutally murdered the Clutter family in 1959, a crime later chronicled in Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."

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instanceOf American criminal
murderer
person
arrestedIn Las Vegas, Nevada NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath hanging
convictedOf armed robbery
burglary
murder
coPerpetratorWith Perry Smith NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
criminalCharge first-degree murder
dateOfBirth 1931-06-06
dateOfDeath 1965-04-14
educatedAt Olathe High School NERFINISHED
employer Kansas State Penitentiary (former inmate)
ethnicGroup White American
executedBy State of Kansas NERFINISHED
familyName Hickock NERFINISHED
genreOfNotability true crime
givenName Richard
hasInfluenceOn true crime literature
incarceratedIn Kansas State Penitentiary NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath execution
notableEvent 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas
notableFor murder of the Clutter family
notableWork In Cold Blood NERFINISHED
occupation criminal
mechanic
participantIn Clutter family murders NERFINISHED
perpetratorOf Clutter family murders NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kansas NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lansing, Kansas NERFINISHED
placeOfDetention Kansas State Penitentiary NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Anthony Edwards NERFINISHED
Scott Wilson NERFINISHED
portrayedIn In Cold Blood (1967 film) NERFINISHED
In Cold Blood (1996 film) NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Kansas NERFINISHED
sentence death penalty
sexOrGender male
subjectOf In Cold Blood NERFINISHED
trialHeldIn Garden City, Kansas NERFINISHED

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Infamous portrays Richard Hickock
Clutter family murders perpetrator Richard Hickock
Clutter family murders perpetratorBackground Richard Hickock
this entity surface form: Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate
Herb Clutter perpetratorOfCrime Richard Hickock
Bonnie Clutter killedBy Richard Hickock
Perry Smith sharesRoleWith Richard Hickock
Perry Smith coPerpetratedCrimeWith Richard Hickock