In Kansas State Penitentiary, a man named Floyd Wells is laying on his bed listening to the radio. He hears the story of the Clutter murders, and how the crime was committed. Wells was shocked by this information, as it was identical to a crime Dick Hickock had told him. Floyd was Dick’s first cellmate in prison, and was even a former employee of River Valley Farm. It was Floyd who had informed Dick of the Clutter’s, how to house was laid out, who would be there, but Floyd was unaware of Dick’s intentions. That was until Dick had told him that he planned on robbing and killing Mr. Clutter if he needed to. Reluctant at first, Floyd finally informs the authorities at the prison of this information. Floyd was reluctant at first, due to him possibly being an accessory to the crime. The lead was everything to the KBI, as all their other ideas and tips had turned out to be dead ends. Dewey came home with a envelope and sets it in front of his wife …show more content…
They seek refuge in an old barn, and divide up their only sustenance, some gum. They both talk of what would happen if they got caught, no doubt hanging in The Corner. But it the corner, the notice a 1956 Chevrolet, with the key in the ignition. Meanwhile, Dewey is dreaming of capturing Dick and Hickock, and is ironically awaken to a phone call regarding the criminals. Dick and Perry had gone on another shopping spree, but this time an employee wrote down the license plate number of the vehicle they were driving. The license had been lifted off a vehicle in Kansas, where they were. And the vehicle was stolen. The KBI now could track Dick and Perry. With the money from their shopping spree, Dick and Perry were in Miami Beach. They spend Christmas here. While reading the paper, Perry notices an article on a recent murder, one coincidentally alike the one they committed. Though, they did not commit it, they think it’s some lunatic who had heard of the Clutter