While sitting in his truck, McElroy was shot at several times but hit only twice—once by a centerfire bullet and once by a .22 rimfire bullet. In all, there were 46 potential witnesses to the shooting, including Trena McElroy, who was in the truck with her husband when he was shot. Nobody called for an ambulance. Only Trena claimed to identify a gunman; every other witness was either unable to name an assailant or claimed not to have seen who fired the fatal shots. The DA declined to press charges, and an extensive federal investigation did not lead to any charges either. Missouri-based journalist Steve Booher described the attitude of some townspeople as “he needed killing.”
Sounds like that old boy finally ate the fish that he fried.
What a piece of shit…
21 felonies over his lifetime failed to convict. People said, hey - the “justice” on this guy is a fucking joke. Time to take out the trash.
Or, y’know, so it would seem. Maybe it was a highly complex suicide.
My favorite part of the story was the sheriff leaving town.
“Now y’all don’t get any crazy ideas while I’m headed to the next town over. OK?”
Weird. Reminds me of how health care CEOs murder people and get away with it for decades
As if peasants have some agency left
Didn’t see nothing mate!
Fascinating article. Looks like youtube has a couple copies of the TV movie based on this called “In Broad Daylight”:
