The first section of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is entitled The Last to See Them Alive. This title literally refers to the people who saw them alive last: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, not the reader. Dick and Perry decide to murder and rob the Clutter family, under the assumption that there is at least ten thousand dollars hidden away inside of their house. Early in the morning, Dick and Perry broke into the Clutter house and tied the family up in separate rooms, then proceeded to shoot them point blank with a shotgun after finding about 40 dollars in the house. The last to see the Clutter family alive was Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.