Truman Capote's Greatest Lie

Main points:

1. Five day delay between the the informants tip on who the killers were and checking Hickocks house.
2. Dewey was convinced that the killers were locals that held a grudge.
3. Capote was trying to make Dewey look like the hero by making him run to the killers as soon as possible.
4. KBI did not look into the lead by the informant as soon as possible.
5. Hickock and Smith are also suspected for killing the walkers family in Florida before being caught and after killing the Clutters.
6. If the KBI delayed in following the tip and Hickock and Smith did kill the Walkers then it is possible that if the KBI instantly followed the tip then the Walkers family might have not died.
7. Smith and Hickock were known to in Florida days before the Walkers murder and had no alibi for that night.
8. According to the book Hickock and Smith were in Kansas city a week before Christmas when in reality they were there nine days before the holiday.
9. Capote was not trying to cover up the Walkers murder.
10. Capote probably thought that the KBI reaction time did not matter much or he did it as a favor for Dewey.
11. The people or person that helps the author the most is more likely to get portrayed as the good guy and vice versa.
12. Capote sold out his readers by telling them the KBI investigators had a fast reaction to the informant tip.
13. Capote's biggest lie was about how fast the KBI followed the lead.