Facts about the murder that’s happened in pages (1-74)

• Nancy Ewalt and Susan Kidwell discover Nancy Clutter's body.

• Bonnie Clutter was found in her bedroom, dead from a gunshot to the head

• Mr. Clutter and Kenyon were found bound and gagged in the basement of the house, the boy shot in the face and Mr. Clutter's throat slit.

• Perry and Dick, the murderers, travel to Olathe. Perry retires to a hotel room, while Dick returns to his parents’ house.