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After we got there, and the sheriff had heard Mr.Ewalt's story he radioed his office and told them to send reinforcements, and ambulance. Said, 'There's been a terrible accident.'Then we went into the house, the three of us. Went through the kitchen and saw lady's purse lying on the floor, and the phone where the wires had been cut. The sheriff was wearing a hip pistol, and when we started up the stairs, going to Nancy's bedroom, I noticed he kept his hand on it, ready to draw.
"Well, it was pretty bad. That wonderful girl- but you would never have known her. She'd been shot in the back of the head with a shotgun held maybe two inches away. She was lying on her side facing the wall. and the wall was covered with blood.The bed covers where drawn up to her shoulders.
This part of the book has a strong wording of what has happened. Again the reader can actually imagine the crime scene as if they were there confronting the problem. This actually reminded me of First They Killed My Father by Lung Ung where she actually had watched her father be murdered and you can imagine that you are there and her expression on her face as she watches it happen. Though its different you can imagine the horror the characters must feel watching or seeing this murder right in front of them.
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These passage is descriptive of the crime scene and I can actually picture it clearly in my mind. I also read the book "First They Killed My Father" and this somewhat relates to this excerpt. When Lung's father was taken away to be killed, Lung was in agony; The Clutter family must have experienced the same pain as each of them were brutally killed.
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