The Walkers and their two toddlers were murdered on December 19, 1959 in Osprey, Florida. The murder is of particular note because it potentially involved the suspects of the murders that inspired the creative non-fiction novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. The husband was stabbed, while the wife was raped and shot. The two prime suspects, Perry Smith and Richard "Dick" Hickock, had been convicted of the Clutter family murder that happened 35 days earlier in Holcombe, Kansas, just before they stole a car and drove to Florida.
Both men were hanged. However, DNA evidence could never support their convictions and the case has never been solved, until 2013, when the bodies were exhumed although the DNA evidence was inconclusive due to sample degredation
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unsolved murders and mysteries
Mystery / Thriller*graphic warning * I'm interested in this stuff so why not make a book on it these are real life murders that were never solved or I just had to write about them cause they are creepy :) #250 #972 Mystery / Thriller
