He was a popular student and athlete at Olathe High School before head injuries from a serious automobile accident in 1950 left him disfigured.
Richard Hickock was born in Kansas City, Kansas to farmworker parents. Along with Perry Smith, Hickock took part in the home invasion of the Clutter family farmhouse. Richard was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Herbert Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. The murders inspired the true-crime novel "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Hickock and his accomplice, Perry Smith, were convicted of first degree murder for the brutal 1959 killings of Herb and Bonnie Clutter, their daughter, Nancy, and son, Kenyon, in Holcomb, Kansas. Enlisted Volunteer Reserve 9Th Mcrd, 1212 N Lake Shore Drive Chicago Ill Īn inmate photograph (1965) of Richard Hickock copied from his Kansas State Prison inmate file. In jan 1953 Richard E Hickock enlisted into the Marine Corps. Although he had wanted to attend college, his family lacked the means to provide this, so he went to work as a mechanic. He was a popular student with great intelligence and was an athlete at Olathe High School before head injuries from a serious automobile accident in 1950 left him disfigured, and resulted in his face being slightly lopsided and his eyes asymmetrical. Richard Eugene Hickock was born in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas to farm worker parents, Walter Samuel Hickock 1901–1960, and Laura Oletha "Eunice" Hutsell 1901–1989.
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