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Cliff was ambushed and killed by gunshot. For example, in 1994, a woman called the Sarasota County Sheriffs Office and claimed to be a bartender in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. "You get an arrest occasionally. A ranch worker for the Palmer Ranch, McLeod started his morning by getting ready, and then travelling to the home of his coworker Cliff Walker. Cliff wanted to teach him a lesson, but ended up only telling him to stay away. Writing on true crime, mysteries, politics, history, popular culture, and more. Im not sure which theory I favor. Learn more about the murder scene by using the interactive graphic below. Capote's book detailing the Kansas crime would come out in 1966. They also stopped to put air in the tires, and probably arrived home at about 4:30. But evidence suggests that it wasnt too long before the attack began. Clifford "Cliff" Walker (1934-1959) - Find a Grave Memorial At around 3:30 PM on December 19, 24-year-old Christine pulled into the family farm after running a few errands. And though Clark was earnest, Myers feared the result would be no different. Through the years there have been almost 600 suspects but to this date, the case remains unsolved. But they were on the run, skipping across the country after the murders as the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, or the KBI, had just started to decipher the crime scene. Reconstructing events, police ascertained that the family had been out running errands and believe that Christine arrived home first, around 4pm on Saturday, December 19. Christines car wasnt parked in its usual spot, where it would have been most convenient to unload the groceries. High among them: The killers made infamous in Truman Capote's true crime classic "In Cold Blood.". Could they have crossed paths and made arrangements to trade cars? One of Cliff's cousins also aroused suspicion after he grew hysterical outside the Walker gate upon learning of the deaths and fainted at the funeral. Three-year-old Jimmie entered the house at the same time as his father and was also shot. That's when she noticed that the supposed suspect's DNA was remarkably similar to Christine's own incomplete DNA sequence, gathered from her dress. Hopes of solving 1959 quadruple murder cold case are dashed as police fail to connect 'In Cold Blood' killers with slain Florida family. It seemed to authorities for years that he would never be ruled out, but when technology changed, he was happy to provide a sample of DNA. Florida analysts spent the equivalent of 44 full lab days that first year poring over evidence, making 2,920 fingerprint comparisons and conducting ballistics tests on more than 75 guns. On December 20th, 1959 Don McLeod, a coworker and friend of Cliff Walker, arrived at the Walker home at sunrise to pick up Cliff for hog hunting trip they had planned. The sheriff's office recently said it did not have any transcripts of those interviews. The murder is of particular note because it potentially involved the suspects of the murders that inspired the creative non-fiction novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. In the end, though, the couple drove back, pausing at the ranch barn to pick up cattle feed. The mix-ups made McGath wonder about the evidence already tested.