A New Play, ‘Kenrex,’ Revisits the Story of a Bully’s Unsolved Murder

A man was shot dead surrounded by witnesses in Skidmore, Mo., but no one was ever prosecuted. Now that act of vigilante justice has inspired the play “Kenrex.”The spot where Kenneth Rex McElroy was fatally shot, in broad daylight, outside the D & G Tavern in Skidmore, Mo.