Summary of Harry N. MacLean's In Broad Daylight

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#1 On July 10, 1981, Cheryl Brown, who lived on a farm a few miles west of Skidmore, watched as the town was pushed too far. Cheryl had been working at the B B Grocery for about 15 months when violence erupted again. If McElroy intended to carry out his threats, he would either hit her father at home or come in the back of the store like he did last summer.

#2 When McElroy was in town, his wife, Trena, would usually stay out in the truck with him. Cheryl would always spot the other McElroy trucks and their owners, and would speak their names as if they were on an honor roll.

#3 As the shooting continued, Cheryl rushed to the telephone in the front of the store to call her baby sitter, who lived in town. More shots were fired as she explained to the baby sitter that it wasn't safe to bring the children to the store.

#4 On the day of his death, Ken had been involved with Alice for more than 20 years. They had lived together for 16 years, and had three children. Alice was no longer in love with Ken, but still cared for and respected him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669394617

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Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On July 10, 1981, Cheryl Brown, who lived on a farm a few miles west of Skidmore, watched as the town was pushed too far. Cheryl had been working at the B B Grocery for about 15 months when violence erupted again. If McElroy intended to carry out his threats, he would either hit her father at home or come in the back of the store like he did last summer.

#2

When McElroy was in town, his wife, Trena, would usually stay out in the truck with him. Cheryl would always spot the other McElroy trucks and their owners, and would speak their names as if they were on an honor roll.

#3

As the shooting continued, Cheryl rushed to the telephone in the front of the store to call her baby sitter, who lived in town. More shots were fired as she explained to the baby sitter that it wasn't safe to bring the children to the store.

#4

On the day of his death, Ken had been involved with Alice for more than 20 years. They had lived together for 16 years, and had three children. Alice was no longer in love with Ken, but still cared for and respected him.

#5

The family returned to the farm on Saturday morning, and found Tonia had calmed down somewhat. They watched TV around noon when news of the killing came on, and a picture of their father with a thick, fleshy face and cold eyes appeared on the screen.

#6

On the morning of July 10, 1981, Highway Patrolman Dan Boyer was heading north on Highway 71, only a mile or so out of St. Joseph, when the call came over the radio to return to Troop H headquarters immediately. When Boyer pulled in a few minutes later, the dispatcher explained that someone had called in a report that Ken McElroy had been shot and killed on the main street of Skidmore.

#7

As Boyer drove to Skidmore that morning, he told Bryan, a young academy graduate who was riding with him, that McElroy wasn't the one who had been shot. The patrolmen had just passed through Savannah, about thirty miles south of Maryville, when the second call came over the radio.

#8

The incident seemed to be over before it began. McElroy was polite and soft-spoken, and he offered no argument. He kept his hands on the steering wheel at all times, except to reach for his driver's license, which he did very slowly.

#9

Boyer met another car at the McElroy farm. The dispatcher had told him to drive Trena to St. Joseph, since she thought the local police were involved in her husband's murder.

#10

Boyer continued to investigate the shooting, and he soon realized that the locals were lying about what happened. They would not help him with his investigation, and were openly hostile towards him.

#11

Skidmore is a