Sep 15, 2009 · Trena McElroy was sitting next to her husband, Ken Rex, in his Chevy Silverado when rifle shots shattered the rear window and exploded her husband’s head onto the dashboard.

Jan 31, 2024 · Trena McElroy was the wife of Ken McElroy, a notorious bully and criminal who was killed in a vigilante shooting in Skidmore, Missouri, in 1981. She was the only person who sought justice for his death, and filed a civil suit against the town.

He met his last wife, Trena McCloud (1957–2012), when she was 12 years old and in eighth grade and he was 35. He raped McCloud repeatedly. McCloud's parents initially opposed the relationship, but McElroy threatened them into agreement by burning down the house and shooting the family dog. [5] .

Aug 1, 2019 · The only legal consequence of McElroy's murder was his wife, Trena McCloud's, civil suit against the town of Skidmore, as reported by United Press International.

Jul 10, 1984 · The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City by Trena McElroy, says a Skidmore man named Del Clement fired several shots and killed her husband, Kenneth Rex McElroy, on a...

Trena McCloud was a 12-year-old eighth-grader when McElroy began to pursue her. He was in his mid-30s, had fathered nearly 10 children and already had two women, Alice and Marcia, sharing his bedroom.

Apr 1, 2019 · No one was ever charged with the murder of Ken McElroy. Clement, the man Trena named as the shooter, died in 2009. Baird moved to private practice.

Aug 20, 2019 · In April 1980, Trena McElroy told her husband a clerk in the Bowenkamps’ store had accused their 4-year-old daughter of stealing penny candy.

Mar 14, 2021 · On July 10, 1981, McElroy was sitting in his truck with his wife Trena McElroy on Skidmore's main drag when a crowd of residents surrounded his vehicle and shot at him several times. McElroy was hit twice by two different guns and died from injuries to his head and neck.

Apr 17, 2017 · Ken McElroy was shot and killed while sitting next to his wife Trena in a Chevy Silverado in downtown Skidmore, Missouri, USA, in August 1981. At least thirty-five people were present at the time of the killing, including law officers, the mayor, and other prominent people in the small community.