Just finished reading In Broad Daylight about Ken McElroy, the man who bullied and terrorized people in and around the town of Skidmore, Missouri. It's amazing and appalling that this man got away with what he did, stealing livestock and equipment from farmers, raping and assaulting over so many years. Part of the reason is that he had a slick lawyer who always got him off all charges. All this until one day he was shot and killed by townspeople who decided they had had enough of him and the inability of local justice system to do anything about him.
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I remember a news report from the time (1980?) that the townspeople actually met at the church before going for the guy.
And it was in that very same town, much more recently, that a pregnant woman was murdered for her unborn baby. Please note that the murderer was an NOT a town resident but a stranger who'd driven there to carry out this specific crime.
And it was in that very same town, much more recently, that a pregnant woman was murdered for her unborn baby. Please note that the murderer was an NOT a town resident but a stranger who'd driven there to carry out this specific crime.
QUOTE (OldTimeRadio @ Feb 29 2008, 02:49 AM) 
I remember a news report from the time (1980?) that the townspeople actually met at the church before going for the guy.
And it was in that very same town, much more recently, that a pregnant woman was murdered for her unborn baby. Please note that the murderer was an NOT a town resident but a stranger who'd driven there to carry out this specific crime.
And it was in that very same town, much more recently, that a pregnant woman was murdered for her unborn baby. Please note that the murderer was an NOT a town resident but a stranger who'd driven there to carry out this specific crime.
This same book mentions that in one of the epilogues.
It's pretty apparent that the people in that town know who the killers were, but won't say. It occurred in July of 1981. I first heard about it on 60 minutes a few years after it happened. There's also movie about it the title the same as the book with Brian Dennehy portraying Ken McElroy, but think a different name is used for the movie character.
QUOTE (Ghostdancer @ Feb 29 2008, 03:59 AM)
This same book mentions that in one of the epilogues.
It's pretty apparent that the people in that town know who the killers were, but won't say. It occurred in July of 1981. I first heard about it on 60 minutes a few years after it happened. There's also movie about it the title the same as the book with Brian Dennehy portraying Ken McElroy, but think a different name is used for the movie character.
It's pretty apparent that the people in that town know who the killers were, but won't say. It occurred in July of 1981. I first heard about it on 60 minutes a few years after it happened. There's also movie about it the title the same as the book with Brian Dennehy portraying Ken McElroy, but think a different name is used for the movie character.
In the movie, Brian Dennehy's name was Len Rowan...I saw the movie, but never read the book...I remember the story of the pregnant woman and her unborn baby.......Horrible.......
QUOTE (Ghostdancer @ Feb 28 2008, 11:29 PM)
Just finished reading In Broad Daylight about Ken McElroy, the man who bullied and terrorized people in and around the town of Skidmore, Missouri. It's amazing and appalling that this man got away with what he did, stealing livestock and equipment from farmers, raping and assaulting over so many years. Part of the reason is that he had a slick lawyer who always got him off all charges. All this until one day he was shot and killed by townspeople who decided they had had enough of him and the inability of local justice system to do anything about him.
Although it is never good wen people take the law into their own hands,i can completely understand the towns peoples frustration.
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