McElroy for years had terrorized the small town of Skidmore Missouri, and was considered the town bully. He had been charged with more than 20 felonies, robbing, raping, burning, shootings. He intimidated people by driving by at night and firing a shotgun blast, putting a rattlesnake in their mailbox, etc. July 10, 1981, his reign of terror came to an end. While parked in front of the D & G Tavern on Main Street, in broad daylight, with a crowd estimated at 45 people around his pickup truck, Ken McElroy was shot in the head with a high powered rifle, while his wife sat in the seat beside him. Three grand jury investigations and an FBI probe resulted in no indictments and no trial. The citizens of Skidmore Missouri apparently protecting the person or persons firing the shots. The incident received world wide press coverage, was the subject of a tv movie and a book.
McElroy for years had terrorized the small town of Skidmore Missouri, and was considered the town bully. He had been charged with more than 20 felonies, robbing, raping, burning, shootings. He intimidated people by driving by at night and firing a shotgun blast, putting a rattlesnake in their mailbox, etc. July 10, 1981, his reign of terror came to an end. While parked in front of the D & G Tavern on Main Street, in broad daylight, with a crowd estimated at 45 people around his pickup truck, Ken McElroy was shot in the head with a high powered rifle, while his wife sat in the seat beside him. Three grand jury investigations and an FBI probe resulted in no indictments and no trial. The citizens of Skidmore Missouri apparently protecting the person or persons firing the shots. The incident received world wide press coverage, was the subject of a tv movie and a book.
Bio by: Bill Walker
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Family Members
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Anthony Wyatt McElroy
1890–1972
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Mabel Marie Lister McElroy
1895–1981
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Trena Louise McNeeley McElroy Williams
1957–2012 (m. 1974)
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Hercial Eugene McElroy
1911–1937
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Orvell McElroy
1913–2001
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Dorothy Olena McElroy Sylva Hughes
1915–2016
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Toney William McElroy
1917–1987
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Geraldine Pauline McElroy Hoyt
1919–2019
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Lloyd George McElroy
1921–2017
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Flossie Belle McElroy Strough Breach
1922–2021
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Wilma Marie McElroy Totten
1924–2014
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Lena Leona McElroy Hecker
1926–2015
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Robert Dick McElroy
1928–1999
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Helen Lorene McElroy Curley
1929–1999
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Debbie Ann McElroy
1965–2020
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