Once the criminals associated with the killing of the Clutter family is revealed, Holcomb’s population is noticeably dissatisfied with the revelation, which is conveyed by Capote inserting a conversation between the town’s people regarding their feelings towards who was responsible. The majority of Holcomb’s population is conclusively “… disappointed at being told that the murderer was not someone among themselves.”(231)This is partially due to the people during the entire investigation being convinced that someone among them had to have committed the crime because they ultimately believed that the act was too personal to not have a direct relationship to the Clutters. Therefore, when it is revealed that what they believed was instead the complete
