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Vigilante Justice and the Small Town Bully – A Crime That Shocked America

Khalid Elhassan December 7, 2024 13 min

McElroy - Ken Rex McElroy, as depicted in film — Ken Rex McElroy, as depicted in film. Pinterest

13. A Local Monster Who Liked ‘Em Young

McElroy - Ken Rex McElroy — Ken Rex McElroy. YouTube

Over the years, Ken McElroy fathered at least fifteen children with numerous women, both in and out of wedlock. Most of his baby mamas had barely been past puberty when McElroy knocked them up. In 1971, a 37-year-old McElroy met his youngest and last wife, Trena, when she was only twelve. Two years later, she was pregnant. When she gave birth, Trena tried to escape his mistreatment by fleeing with her newborn son to her parents’ home. McElroy had no intention of letting her get away.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.