In the book In Cold Blood, why was Perry convicted of premeditated murder? When does the text mention his wanting to kill the Clutter family?

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tells the tale of a Kansas family that was brutally murdered for
what, at the time, seemed like no reason at all. Late at night on November 15, 1959, two
ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith entered the house of the Clutter family with the
intentions to steal a safe that was believed to be full of money. A cellmate had told the two
about the wealthy family and the safe when they were in prison (Buchanan, 2011).

After entering the house under a cloak of darkness, neither Richard nor Perry could
locate the safe. During the search, they woke Herb. At that time, Herb tried to give the
intruders what money he had in hopes that they would leave and not hurt his family. Sadly, that
did not stop the urge to find the safe, and after searching for it again, the two suspects woke
up the rest of the family (Buchanan, 2011). That was when things started to go from a home
invasion scene to a murder scene.

The family members were separated into
different rooms, bound, all but one...

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