The Unsolved Murder Of Ken McElroy

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

It's been 40 years since Ken McElroy was murdered, and as KTVI reports, no one has been charged in this crime, despite multiple local, state, and federal investigations. Further, the killer(s) and or any potential witnesses are, by this time, likely in their graves or of advanced age. On a pop culture level, according to Bustle, the crime has inspired multiple TV miniseries, documentaries, books, and America's favorite way of digesting the true crime genre: podcasts.

As for McElroy's widow, Trena McElroy, she sued the town, the county, and some citizens for $5 million, according to TruTV. However, the matter was settled out of court for only $17,600.

Skidmore, for its part, failed to shake its reputation as a town of grisly murders. In 2004, according to NPR News, a pregnant woman named Bobbie Jo Stinnett was murdered by Lisa Montgomery, who cut the unborn baby out of Stinnett's womb and passed the child off as her own, while leaving Stinnett to die.

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