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Ken Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as "the town bully", [1] and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention.
Oct 1, 2023 · Born in 1934, Ken Rex McElroy was a resident of Skidmore, Missouri. To the residents of the tight-knit town, he was the local bully. After dropping out of school in the eighth grade, it didn’t take long for Ken McElroy to fall into a life of delinquency.
Dec 16, 2010 · SKIDMORE, Mo. — The murder of Ken Rex McElroy took place in plain view of dozens of residents of this small farm town, under the glare of the morning sun. But in a dramatic act of solidarity...
The tavern door opened, and out stepped Ken Rex McElroy, 47, a bulky man with a ragged pair of sideburns and a piercing stare. To someone passing through town, McElroy may have looked like a...
Aug 20, 2019 · SKIDMORE, MO — Four decades after Ken Rex McElroy was gunned down on the main drag of Skidmore, Missouri, in one of America’s most infamous cold cases, the story of the notoriously brutal town...
Jul 22, 2019 · Ken Rex McElroy, a bully who menaced the farming community of Skidmore, Missouri for years, was shot and killed on July 10, 1981 outside a local bar. Witnessing the murder were McElroy's wife and dozens of local residents. Yet the gunman has never been identified.
Aug 1, 2019 · For the residents of Skidmore, Missouri, the word "bully" does not begin to cover the atrocities of Ken Rex McElroy, who was gunned down in broad daylight, allegedly by townsfolk who were just...
Jul 26, 2019 · In 1981, vigilantes in Skidmore, Mo., took justice into their own hands and killed town bully Ken Rex McElroy — but no one was charged with the crime.
The new docuseries “No One Saw a Thing,” premiering Aug. 1 on SundanceTV, explores the 1981 killing of Ken Rex McElroy, a local menace executed in front of 60 townsfolk.
Aug 29, 2010 · Ken Rex McElroy, 47, was a big, burly man with bushy sideburns, cold eyes and an ever-present gun. He was the Skidmore bully. On July 10, 1981, on a hot summer morning in a fed-up town, he was...