Perry Edward Smith
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" . 
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