Cold Cases in Skidmore, Missouri
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Skidmore, Missouri, dated 1981 to 2004. 2 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Ken McElroy (1981) and the most recent is Bobbie Jo Stinnett (2004).
- Unsolved 2 (67%)
- Solved or convicted 1 (33%)
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Bobbie Jo Stinnett
Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a 23-year-old woman eight months pregnant, was strangled in Skidmore, Missouri in December 2004 and her unborn baby cut from her womb. Lisa Montgomery was convicted and executed in 2021; the baby survived.
Branson Perry
Branson Kayne Perry, 20, vanished from his family's home in Skidmore, Missouri, on the afternoon of April 11, 2001, after stepping outside to return jumper cables to a shed. He has never been found and no one has been charged.
Ken McElroy
Kenneth Rex McElroy, the notorious 'town bully' of Skidmore, Missouri, was shot dead in his pickup truck on the main street in front of dozens of witnesses in July 1981.