Ken Rex McElroy

Born 1934-06-16

Died 1981-07-10

Ken Rex McElroy was an American known as "the town bully" of Skidmore, Missouri. His unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Over the course of his life, McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, hog and cattle rustling, and burglary. McElroy was born in 1934, the fifteenth of sixteen children born to a poor, migrant tenant-farming couple.