The killing of Ken Rex McElroy could well be the hottest cold case on record. On the morning of July 10, 1981, he was shot to death as he sat in his pickup on the main street of Skidmore, Missouri. Forty-five townspeople witnessed the killing.
All denied seeing the shooters. After three grand juries and an eight-month FBI investigation, no one was indicted. Twenty-five years later, still no one has been charged with the murder.
In December 2006, St. Martins re-released In Broad Daylight, the story of McElroy's incredible reign of terror in northwest Missouri, his killing, and the aftermath. The new epilogue contains startling information about the identity of McElroy's killers and the killing itself. In the spring of 2006, I obtained unprecedented access to the state police and FBI files on the killing.
The files contain a hand-written statement from an eyewitness which corroborates in detail McElroy's wife's identification of Del Clement as the first shooter. The statement also ... more.
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