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Dick was last seen in Iowa with his accomplice, Perry Smith. The two were seen driving a 1956 black and white door Chevrolet.

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Dick has a record for doing illegal things to get money. For instance, he wrote bad checks, and even stole. Robbing the Clutters for money would be the perfect motive, making Dick the prime suspect.

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Floyd Wells admitted to telling Dick about the Clutter home and made out Mr. Clutter to be a wealthy man. Wells knows about the Clutter property as he worked there before.

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In the Dick's Parent's house, Nye discovers what he believes to be the murder weapon: a shotgun that could have done the damage it did to the Clutters.

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Dick's family defended him and claimed he could never be capable of such a thing. However, they said that Dick changed after hurting his head in a car accident. The trauma caused him to become a different person. Such trauma can destroy a person's moral compass.
The family also inform Nye of Perry, whom they strongly disapprove of.

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Dick has committed several crimes before, as he has written many bad checks, and was jailed for theft. Dick goes on to plan to murder people who pick him and Perry up as hitchhikers.

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Dick believed that there was money on the Clutter property, a misconception that was caused by information provided by Floyd Wells. Dick wanted to make easy money, so he decided to rob the Clutters.

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A man Dick meets during his time in prison. Wells previously worked for Mr. Clutter, and was the one who informed Dick of the layout of the land, and mistakenly misled Dick to believe that the Clutter's held a safe filled with money on their property. Wells becomes aware of this, but holds off on sharing his knowledge with authorities for fear of being attacked by other inmates for squealing.

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Born on June 6, 1931 to a good, stable family, Dick grows up with a sibling and excels in sports. In fact, Dick earns letters in a total of nine different sports. The one aspect of his family that he dislikes is how strict his father is. Dick has aspirations to attend college, but is unable to due to financial obstacles, as he comes from a poor family. As a result, Dick enters the workforce directly after high school. Dick began working for the Santa Fe railways, from which he made $75 every week. Dick later marries, has three children, then gets a divorce. Dick later remarries, but is soon divorced again. Dick begins to make bad choices, including writing bad checks, causing him to go to prison. He ends up living with parents due to parole after prison. It is on parole that he meets Perry Smith, with whom he partners with the murder the Clutters.
Dick is a man devoid of morals, and does not care if something is right or wrong, so long as he gets something out of it.

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Dick partnered with Perry to commit the Clutter murders, and has stayed with Perry since then. Dick's reason for selecting Perry as his partner in crime is that he finds Perry to be a natural born murderer, especially after Perry informed Dick that he killed a man with a chain. Dick has been traveling with Perry across the country, and the two even went to Mexico together.