In Broad Daylight: A Murder in Skidmore Missouri

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FOR TEN YEARS HE TERRORIZED THEM WITHOUT MERCY Ken McElroy robbed raped burned shot and maimed the citizens of Skidmore Missouri without conscience or remorse. Again and again the law had failed to stop him. UNTIL THEY TOOK JUSTICE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. On July 10 1981 Ken was shot to death on the main street of this small farming community. Forty-five people watched. No indictments were ever issued no trial heldand the town of Skidmore protected the killers with silence. With this powerful true-life account Edgar Award-winning author Harry N. MacLean reveals what drove a community of everyday American citizens to commit murder IN BROAD DAYLIGHT