Sheriff Morgan compared these senseless murders to the Copote Book "In Cold Blood".
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/50687167.html
The more I learn about what happened in the Billings case, the more I can see the connection with the book. If you have not read the book in a while, you might like to see a synopsis.
http://www.allreaders.com/topics/Info_21234.asp
In the book, the Clutter family, the best loved family in their small Kansas town is targeted by seasoned criminals. The criminals plan the crime in detail while in prison. The book develops the main characters in detail. One killer is a small, but charming pyschopath. The other is a pill (asprin) popping hardened criminal who had a terrible childhood to forget.
The killers have been lead to believe that there is a safe in the Clutter house containing untold riches, by someone who has previously worked for the Clutter family. This same person later gives them up to the police, leading to their arrest, conviction and execution. After the crime the killers flee to another country (Mexico) until their money runs out and they return to the USA to be arrested.
The Billings killings have so much in common. The criminals trace their connection back to prison where Gonzales Sr and Jr were "reunited'. The criminals have planned their act in detail, we have heard that they have practiced for a month. One of the killers is a small but charming psychopath. They target one of the leading citizens of a small community and remove their safe. We are told that other countries are involved. I could go on, but I guess that most people here know the story well?
Morgan obviously knows the details of this crime in far more detail than we do, but I expect that as we go along, we will be seeing other similarities to the book.
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/50687167.html
The more I learn about what happened in the Billings case, the more I can see the connection with the book. If you have not read the book in a while, you might like to see a synopsis.
http://www.allreaders.com/topics/Info_21234.asp
In the book, the Clutter family, the best loved family in their small Kansas town is targeted by seasoned criminals. The criminals plan the crime in detail while in prison. The book develops the main characters in detail. One killer is a small, but charming pyschopath. The other is a pill (asprin) popping hardened criminal who had a terrible childhood to forget.
The killers have been lead to believe that there is a safe in the Clutter house containing untold riches, by someone who has previously worked for the Clutter family. This same person later gives them up to the police, leading to their arrest, conviction and execution. After the crime the killers flee to another country (Mexico) until their money runs out and they return to the USA to be arrested.
The Billings killings have so much in common. The criminals trace their connection back to prison where Gonzales Sr and Jr were "reunited'. The criminals have planned their act in detail, we have heard that they have practiced for a month. One of the killers is a small but charming psychopath. They target one of the leading citizens of a small community and remove their safe. We are told that other countries are involved. I could go on, but I guess that most people here know the story well?
Morgan obviously knows the details of this crime in far more detail than we do, but I expect that as we go along, we will be seeing other similarities to the book.