True Crime

Without Justice, There is Silence — The Case of Ken McElroy

Just Desserts or Deserted by the Law?

In the middle of the day, a crowd looked on as the town bully was shot to death.

Who did the deed? The residents of Skidmore, Missouri made sure no one would know.

Ken McElroy was the tyrant of the small farming community, growing up in a poor household with fifteen other siblings and unable to complete high school. According to Brynley Louise in an article from Film Daily…