This is the only episode I've ever watched in which I was happy that, technically, justice was not served....and I think almost everyone would agree with me after watching this show.
This story was fascinating and very different from the normal crime saga on City Confidential. It's all about a bully, a mean thug that ruled a fearful small town in Missouri in the 1970s and 1980-81.....and how that town finally dealt with him when a slick lawyer kept getting him out of jail.
Ken Rex McElroy was a dangerous man, a deranged big man who began raping (and marrying some of them) many young teen girls, producing many kids and then beating the women up. He terrorized anyone in town who might be a witness to any of his crimes, which included a lot of theft. This guy stole livestock, liquor, equipment, valuable antiques...anything he wanted in this small town of about 400. Then he would go house-to-house and threaten everyone. They were afraid. He threatened one family so much that they were afraid to go out of their house for a full year. McElroy got arrested a lot of times but nothing ever happened. Even the cops were afraid of him. This guy was likely to pull out a shotgun and shoot someone. He pulled a shotgun on a highway patrolman, who meekly went back to his squad car.
McElroy hired a high-price lawyer named Richard McFadin, another one of these defense attorney who has no scruples. This is the kind of guy who gives lawyers a bad reputation. He admits on his show that his main concern is getting paid, and he was good at getting his client off....every time.
The only man in town who would stand up to McElroy.was 70-year-old Bo Bowencamp, who owned the town's grocery-type store. When he accused one of the McElroy kids of stealing candy, the father came to the store and shot Bowencamp in the face. Bowencamp's wife was a witness and wasn't afraid of him, either.
The goon was convicted of attempted murder but, amazingly, was free on bond. He went around town and threatened everyone again, about how he would kill anyone - and make it painful - if they helped the law send him to jail.
That was enough. The town had enough and finally took matters into their own hands one day. They blew away McElroy with a shotgun of their own....and, in a nutshell, nobody talked. The town closed ranks and, to this day, nobody has said anything, no weapon has been found, and nothing was done about the vigilante crime.....and nobody feels bad about it, except the McElroy family and the twisted Liberal media which seems to take the side of the criminal. City Confidential was not guilty of that here, though. They, too, seemed to delight in reporting how this low-life got justice, even if it was the wrong way.
This story was fascinating and very different from the normal crime saga on City Confidential. It's all about a bully, a mean thug that ruled a fearful small town in Missouri in the 1970s and 1980-81.....and how that town finally dealt with him when a slick lawyer kept getting him out of jail.
Ken Rex McElroy was a dangerous man, a deranged big man who began raping (and marrying some of them) many young teen girls, producing many kids and then beating the women up. He terrorized anyone in town who might be a witness to any of his crimes, which included a lot of theft. This guy stole livestock, liquor, equipment, valuable antiques...anything he wanted in this small town of about 400. Then he would go house-to-house and threaten everyone. They were afraid. He threatened one family so much that they were afraid to go out of their house for a full year. McElroy got arrested a lot of times but nothing ever happened. Even the cops were afraid of him. This guy was likely to pull out a shotgun and shoot someone. He pulled a shotgun on a highway patrolman, who meekly went back to his squad car.
McElroy hired a high-price lawyer named Richard McFadin, another one of these defense attorney who has no scruples. This is the kind of guy who gives lawyers a bad reputation. He admits on his show that his main concern is getting paid, and he was good at getting his client off....every time.
The only man in town who would stand up to McElroy.was 70-year-old Bo Bowencamp, who owned the town's grocery-type store. When he accused one of the McElroy kids of stealing candy, the father came to the store and shot Bowencamp in the face. Bowencamp's wife was a witness and wasn't afraid of him, either.
The goon was convicted of attempted murder but, amazingly, was free on bond. He went around town and threatened everyone again, about how he would kill anyone - and make it painful - if they helped the law send him to jail.
That was enough. The town had enough and finally took matters into their own hands one day. They blew away McElroy with a shotgun of their own....and, in a nutshell, nobody talked. The town closed ranks and, to this day, nobody has said anything, no weapon has been found, and nothing was done about the vigilante crime.....and nobody feels bad about it, except the McElroy family and the twisted Liberal media which seems to take the side of the criminal. City Confidential was not guilty of that here, though. They, too, seemed to delight in reporting how this low-life got justice, even if it was the wrong way.