Abuse wears you down to the point you cannot think for yourself. I read the book and believe that the townspeople were fully justified. It saddens me how people can be stuck in their convictions when they didnt have to walk the same path she did. Im amazed Ken lives as long as he did. This guy had dark hair, and a small paunch. Two appeared on Oprah Winfrey with me, Alice, Cheryl Brown and McFadin. Usually, it takes a dangerous gang and a community of people too scared to talk to get away with such behavior. Its around 2 hours away from Skidmore. He was good friends with my grandpa Daniel Nolan and I also remember all the stories that my mom and dad told me. Either way, the prosecutor and judge are the gate keepers of civil society. No investigation, no real police presence. Other than listing hers and Kens children among her survivors, it is her husband of almost 3 decades, Howard, and her longtime residence in Lebanon, MO, which are mentioned in the obituary. He is what he is today more than likely because that is what he is skilled at in doing. This poor lady. In the truck was the body of Ken Rex McElroy, who was known in Skidmore as the "town bully.". I want to know WHY. She stayed close to her parents, curiously enough. The few legal papers they located mentioned McElroys name. I would love to hear from you . Stealing livestock, ambushing people. Before then he just knew he had been adopted. Its astonishing to think the entire population allowed it to go on. Your book may give me a different perception, we will see. Again, just my opinion, but if the technology back then had been what it is today, hed have seen more jail time, simply based on the rapes. I am the Granddaughter of Richard Stratton (my mother is Vickie). He had read the book. Ive been saying the exact sam thing the last few days. She was a wonderful, amazing, caring woman. Mr MacLean, you are a lawyer, right? They are absolutes and when all else fails to destroy evil, then it falls to the individual to do whatever is necessary. I completely believe that Trena was the wonderful woman that you say she was. First: WHO THE HECK WAS THIS GUY? Did she give the money back? [1] To date, no one has been charged in connection with McElroy's death. He has been alive and living. They were poor, they had come from Kansas, he kind of grew up resenting those he considered to be more successful. Social services would have been more able to protect her, as well as the courts. I am sure that she was a wonderful person and I am so glad that she was remarried wot a man who was good to her, glad to hear that trena finally found happiness & from what I understand became a Christian but when you look at someones life you must look at the whole context .. not just parts that you want . He was an outlaw. Holy cow. Of course by far the most referred to source was your book, which I have order but have not received yet. Love ya Bud, Bobby. [10] Nobody called for an ambulance. The biggest culprit to hit Skidmore was/is the media. Yep. Jeffrey and his sister found a pile of magazines with stories about the 1981 killing of Ken Rex McElroy in a drawer in their adoptive parents house. Jeffrey I was born and raised in St. Joseph and my Mother who has since passed had told me that my Father (who died when I was 2) who was a St. Joe Police Officer knew Officer Stratton. Growing up poor MEANS NOTHING. LOL. Here are 13 things you need to know about Ken McElroy and his death before you tune into No One Saw A Thing, premiering this Thursday, Aug. 1, pulled from sources including Harry MacLean, author of the non-fiction book In Broad Daylight about the McElroy case, an episode of the podcast Criminal, and an episode of the Buzzfeed series Unsolved. It takes quite a bit to get someone to kill another human being. I remember talking to your Dad. I wish I had found you when I was writing the book! You made a non-point just then. A 12 year old girl Id raped and terrorized by a grown man and not even her parents protected her. Hello, I do not wish to reveal my identity, but I would like to point some things out. McElroy married for the first time at age 18, in 1952. Watched No One Saw A Thing as well. As I understood it, the jurors did not hear any information because the charges were dismissed on a technicality. It was uneventful but had a great tenderloin sandwich. When I visited often in the late 50s, 60s & early 70s, it was a prettier & quiet little town. The law even puts away innocent people, and executes innocent people. this is not new to us here, it hppeans all the time but a town bully? I never felt I got the whole story on McElroy, but at some point I had to stop researching and begin writing. Laws on stalking & witness intimidation are much stronger & better enforced. What did they ever do with the lot were Kens house was? And yes, the person turning properties into storage for junk is really unfortunate. My uncle is Jeff Dalsing. Why would the be a connection? Great literary work, sir. Maybe an early trip to jail would have saved McElroys life in the long run. Jeffrey was 22 and a college graduate when he discovered who his father was. [2][3] In 1981, McElroy was convicted of attempted murder in the shooting of the town's 70-year-old grocer Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp. Furious that McElroy was drinking instead of getting locked up, the irate citizens of Skidmore held an impromptu town hall meeting in the American Legion Hall across the street from the D&G to discuss how to handle the McElroy situation. He had to have been only about 15 or 16 at the time. That might have been the St. Joe case, where he pulled a gun on a couple, and right before trial they backed out. Trena too young to know a better way and being unable to make her own judgements, plus being gaslighted by Ken to the point that she couldnt think for herself and her parents not protecting her. She did what she had to do to survive.the law sure didnt help her . Trena was my grandmother, she died on January 24th, her 55th birthday, not the 28th. No one was more a victim of the bastard McElroy than was she. Damien, you may well be right. It is said that he could shoot doves and quail in midflight with those .45s and light matchsticks on a fence post at 25 yards away. The one and only time McElroy was convicted of a crime, he shot local grocer Bo in the neck after one of his young daughters was accused of shoplifting some candy from the man's store. They only wanted to control through violence. I always hoped she would find happiness once she got away. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. "[13], McElroy was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. McElroys house back in 1980. https://vintageaerial.com/photos/missouri/nodaway/1980/ONO/29/17. only if you are from that area could you understand what happened. His farm was about 20 miles west of Kirksville. Judge recounts on Criminal how, in response to numerous complaints about McElroy, the closest police station (14 miles away) dispatched a marshal whose sole purpose was to watch over McElroy and keep the peace in Skidmore. On July 27, 1976, Skidmore farmer Romaine Henry said McElroy shot him twice with a shotgun after Henry challenged him for shooting weapons on Henry's property. They likely did the best that they could have, though, as any parent would. No matter what we see on the outside, Im sure the wounds still remain and run very deep. Hows Kriss Goslee? Good riddance. Followed the link to Trenas obit so pleased to see the post @ her Christian Faith God forgives everyone who repents, and love(d) Trena as much as Mother Teresa and everyone in between Perfection is not a pre-requisite. You got a beef with a man you settle it with that man. Aside from his cruelty and sociopathy, given different life circumstances he could have put that nimble mind of his to some meaningful use. That fellow had blonde hair and was buffed out. Lori and myself were adopted together and were raised in MO. I can happily say that she seems to be living a fulfilling and normal life and is a very responsible, contributing member of society. Thanks for sharing. He had no social security number and never filed a tax return. The law never punished him nor did he abide by the law i be live he would not want the law to interfere with his much needed death. Any other comments on what other people have said, or what I said? I will keep abreast of any public speaking you may have in Colorado as I now reside in Littleton. That guy wouldve kicked his ass and Ken knew it. They were of one mind, clearly, or the entire set of facts sought by the police would be known by now. The ones still living can be found listed in obituaries of some of the siblings. But as years went on, Trena chose to harass the people of Skidmore along with her husband. When you get a contract to write it let me know. Her obituary is online and lists a number of siblings, some of whom appear to be by other mothers than those listed above (surprise, surprise) its been said that she moved on & found God and happiness later in life that she had changed . Particularly when you think about how young she was when he got ahold of her. He burned her parents house. Sharon had children in 1961, '63, '64 and '65, and Sally in '61, '63 and '64. She deserved more than she got from the town with her settlement, which probably didnt go very far since she was raising children. While I was there a nurses aide advised me they were caring for a new born baby boy and safekeeping him in a room in the maternity ward away from the nursery, since the father had threatened to kill the baby and his mother. He was arrested, booked, arraigned, and released on $2,500 bail. Im not justifying what happened, but there were a lot of contributing factors and I believe people were legitimately scared and felt they had to do something since the law and the legal system failed them so abysmally. I was startled. However, Trena McElroy got rewarded settlement money for a wrongful death lawsuit she filed against three of the townspeople for his death.>>>>Click onto http://www.talkguests.com/mcelroy.htm. He was a coward so beating him half to death or wounding him would have only caused him to back shoot someone like the grocer or ambush you. I had not thought much about this since this all happened when he was in the media way back when but I just saw something on YouTube that made me curious as to what happened to the thing. BILLIONS of people on this planet are poor and they dont do what that thug did. why you attracted such a horrible person into your life. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. A very interesting post, and thanks for the kind words. hi, Harry. The blazing summer heat. You could argue that the town failed to protect an abducted 12 year old and owed her damages for the subsequent rapes and abuse she endured. March 28, 2023. ), he was going to defend him. How ironic that the law didnt protect the innocent and get Ken Rex locked up, yet they were there in force to investigate his death. I prepared for a much older stronger bully when I was a kid by tying a strip of Rawhide through an old Yale padlock. As someone who was married to a horrible bully at a young age, I understand. I am friends with her now on Facebook and have had brief discussions about it. What you wrote about is potentially the tip of the iceberg. Kind of a nobody saw a thing situation. Seriously how on earth did that town, police, or her parents just let her be abducted? Im glad she found happiness and may she rest in peace! Required fields are marked *. And St Joseph, MO inherited some of the McElroy boys who seem to follow in their fathers footsteps. I lived and worked in Maryville for 8 years and got to know a few of the folks who were in and around Skidmore when this happened. Im sure she felt anger & betrayal, along with what that kind of abuse does to your psyche. Thats just like in 1991 movie titled In Broad Daylight, the part of Ken Rex McElroy was given the fictional name of Len Rowan. I will find a picture of her and post. She finally gave all four of them up for adoption. Ken Rexs demise was over 40 years ago and the majority of those who lived there in 1981 are gone now. Ken McElroy, A man better known as a coward a rapest a bully.
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