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The Clutter family

Regan, Cameron, and Sydney

The Family Members

The family

Four of the six family members had been home at the time of the murders:

The father, Herbert Clutter, 48

The mother, Bonnie Mae Clutter, 45

The daughter, Nancy Mae Clutter, 16

The son, Kenyon Neal Clutter, 15

The two children who had not been murdered were two daughters, Beverly and Eveanna Clutter, 20 and 23

What happened that night

What happened

Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith entered the house to get a stash of money that they heard about in prison. Once they realized that there was no money they had awoken Herb Clutter, once he gave them all of the money and said it was all that they had but Hickock and Smith awoke everyone else in the house and searched to check his story. They ransacked the whole house and barely got anything, believing that Herb Clutter was with holding information they wanted, they executed the whole family in cold blood.

Herbert Clutter - Father, 48 years old

Herbert Clutter

  • Herbert William Clutter was born on May 24, 1911
  • Established River Valley Farm, specialized in growing wheat
  • employed as many as 18 farm hands, and former employees reportedly admired and respected him for his fair treatment and good wages

  • college graduate, having a degree in agriculture from Kansas State University
  • member of First United Methodist Church of Garden City
  • chairman of the Kansas Conference of Farm Organizations and a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board

Bonnie Clutter- Mother, 45 years old

By the end of her life, Bonnie was a mother of 4 children. She experienced many complications, beginning after the birth of her first child.

Bonnie Clutter

TIMELINE

1936-1944- Bonnie gives birth to her 4 children

1914- Bonnie Mae Fox is born in Kansas, USA

TIMELINE

1934- Hebert and Bonnie get married

1959-Bonnie is murdered along with her husband and 2 youngest

Portraits

photos

The kids

Nancy Clutter (16)

The kids

Kenyon Clutter (15)

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