- boyfriend Bobby Rupp
- best friend Susan Kidwell
+### Clutter family
+
+- complement each other - "just beautiful honey, a beautiful southern Belle"
+- cares for each other - "poor Bonnie's afflictions", "just one serious cause of disquiet"
+- controls his kids with a genuine interest - "suggests she see less of Bobby", "his laws were laws"
+- strict routine/organisation
+- a family that was stereotypically perfect until Bonnie was sick - judgement of others
+
### Bobby Rupp
- Nancy's boyfriend
-## Alvin Dewey
+### Alvin Dewey
- Investigator for Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- wife Marie (stenographer), two sons
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### Dick Hickock
- murders Clutters with Perry Smith
- appears confident
- married twice, had three sons
- calls Perry "honey"
+- impulsive - if he had enough money, he "would spend it on vodka and women"
### Perry Smith
- has trouble meeting deadlines - "if Dick had not hammered home the every-minute importance of the next twenty-four hours"
- criminal past
- "never drank coffeemy name sluger lolol"
+- personal account of boyhood while in Mexico
+- parents were rodeo riders
+- two siblings and one inlaw committed suicide
### Willie-Jay
- assistant to prison chaplain
### Minor characters
- Myrtle Clare - postmistress
+- Mrs Hideo Ashida - family moved due to crime
+- Floyd Wells - worked on Clutter farm, imprisoned with Dick, snitched Dick & Perry
+- Andrews - prison inmate, temporary friend of Perry
### Suspects
+- Bobby Rupp - lie detector test
- John Jnr/Snr
- Mr. Smith
- robbery?
+- Mabel - cafe worker
+- Jonathan Daniel Adrian
+
+**Manhunt** - Floyd Wells alerts authorities and Alvin Dewey starts manhunt. Dick and Perry steal car then return to Kansas to produce more cheques. They then move to Miami, then Las Vegas. Policewoman in Vegas recognises car. Dick confesses first, then Perry. Both undergo trial and are condemned to death. Five year appeal process - Perry starves himself, Dick writes letters to organisations. Dick accepts death sentence politely, Perry regretful/apologetic.
+
+## Themes
+
+- appearance vs. reality
+- family & relationships