There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

We have a weird homicide.

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

What happens when the victim of a crime is someone everyone seems to hate.

On July 8, 1980, a man described as the town's bully attempted to take a life.

It became the straw that broke the camel's back for citizens who became desperate to put an end to his reign of terror.

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day

with a morning cup of murder. Ken Rex McElroy was born on June 1st, 1934, as the 15th of what would

be 16 children born to a poor migrant tenant farming couple who moved between Kansas and the Ozarks before

finally settling outside of Skidmore.

Dropping out of school at the age of just 15, Ken spent the next few years establishing

quite the reputation as a cattle wrestler and small-time thief.

Adding womanizer to that list, for more than two decades,

Ken was suspected of stealing grain, gasoline, alcohol, antiques, and livestock,

but somehow managed to avoid conviction each of the 21 times he was charged. which may be because, in at least some of the

cases, a witness seemed to be too scared to testify against him. On top of all of that, Ken McElroy

fathered more than 10 children of his own, all with different women. And when he set his sights on 12-year-old

Trina McLeod, and her parents opposed their relationship, he responded by burning down their

home and shooting the family dog, before they finally relented and agreed to allow their

daughter to marry him. She became pregnant at the age of 14, dropped out of school, and agreed to allow their daughter to marry him. She became pregnant at the age of 14,

dropped out of school,

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