Conspiracy of Silence: The Town That Killed Ken Rex McElroy

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Aug 26, 202647:54Society & Culture

1981, Skidmore, Missouri. Ken McElroy, the “bully of Nodaway County,” is gunned down in the street – in broad daylight, and in front of his wife and an untold number of witnesses. Despite multiple investigations and gran...

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