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TIL about the unsolved killing of Ken McElroy of Skidmore, Missouri. He was indicted 21 times and escaped conviction each time, except the last. He was later killed in broad daylight by at least two different firearms. Although this was witnessed by a few dozen people, no one has been convicted.

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