Hickock, Richard
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Hickock, Richard Eugene | ||
| born on | 6 June 1931 at 01:06 (= 01:06 AM ) | ||
| Place | Kansas City KS, USA, 39n07, 94w37 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   14°37'   23°01 Asc. 22°38'
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Biography
American homicide, noted by the biography entitled "In Cold Blood," which was written by Truman Capote. A white male, average size and build, he had blond hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion. He worked as a car painter and mechanic, bringing in extra cash as a petty thief.
Hickock married Carol, the daughter of a Baptist preacher in July 1950, eloping together. They separated in 1956 and he made a second marriage to a pregnant girlfriend. He divorced twice and had a total of three sons.
While serving a jail sentence for burglary, Hickock met Perry Smith, a fellow cellmate. He was paroled on 8/13/1959. On 11/15/1959, after being released, the two men shot and killed the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas after unsuccessfully ransacking their home for a non-existent bank-role.
He was tried and convicted of murder and went to the gallows on 4/14/1965 in Lansing, Kansas; he died at 00:41 AM CST.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Smith, Perry (born 27 October 1928)
Events
- Social : Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital 15 November 1959 (Released from prison)
- Death by Execution 14 April 1965 at 12:41 AM in Lansing, Kansas (Hanged, age 33)
Source Notes
B.C. in hand from Victoria Shaw
Categories
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Executed (Hanged)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Thief/ Financial crime (Thief)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Homicide many at once (Family of four)
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Prison sentence (For burglary)
- Notable : Famous : Criminal cases (In Cold Blood written by Capote)
- Vocation : Miscellaneous : Mechanic
