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Scairp

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3. Not sure who spoke to her

Reply to raccoon (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:05 PM

Aug 2012

But I've read elsewhere that she did tell either investigators or a reporter something very close to the dialogue in the movie. She didn't want Perry to know where she was living, even though he was already on death row. That was very telling. Wonder if she's still alive.

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IN COLD BLOOD. I think Capote portrayed Perry Smith as being less cold-blooded than he really was. [View all] raccoon Jul 2012 OP

Nobody knows what Smith was really thinking Scairp Jul 2012 #1

One thing I think was understated in ICB was the racial prejudice Perry encountered. raccoon Jul 2012 #2

Not sure who spoke to her Scairp Aug 2012 #3

I found someplace on the Net dated about 2009 that said she was still alive. If I can ever locate raccoon Aug 2012 #4

I went to the post office to find her address, but it was Saturday, and they were closed Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #7

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I think Perry Smith portrayed himself as being less cold-blooded than he really was Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #6

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