Kenneth 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.

2018年2月23日 · Ken Rex McElroy was shot dead in Skidmore, Missouri on July 10, 1981. There were as many as 60 witnesses, yet the crime remains unsolved. 2. At some point in his life, McElroy was believed to...

2019年8月20日 · 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...

2021年7月13日 · Ken McElroy died in a hail of gunfire on the morning of July 10, 1981, while sitting in his truck outside a local tavern. He was known as the town bully, but they may be putting it mildly. In the...

2010年8月29日 · 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...

2019年4月1日 · Ken Rex McElroy was gunned down in cold blood as dozens of Skidmore, Missouri residents watched. No one was ever prosecuted for the crime.

2011年7月14日 · Five or six of us were standing in front of the Skidmore Café, waiting and passing the time. It was a commemoration of sorts: thirty years ago to the day after Ken Rex McElroy had been shot to death as he sat in his truck on the main street of town.

2025年2月11日 · The murder of Ken “Rex” McElroy, a notorious town bully, remains one of America’s most bewildering mysteries, not only because of the identity of the shooter—who remains unknown—but because of the collective silence that followed.

The close-knit farming community of Skidmore, Missouri has lived in the shadow of the vigilante murder of “town bully’ Ken Rex McElroy on July 10th, 1981. The events of that day were the culmination of years of harassment, perceived injustice, economic and societal pressures.

2024年11月17日 · Ken Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was a resident of Skidmore, Missouri. Known as "the town bully", his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Over the course of his life, McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, hog and cattle rustling, and ...