Trena McElroy’s personal life
Trena McElroy was born on 24 January 1957 in Horton, Kansas, USA. She is most widely known in connection with her husband, Ken McElroy, a notorious figure whose life and death have been the subject of intense media scrutiny and public fascination. Trena married McElroy in 1974. We do not have any information about her early life and education. She loved to live a private life. She was inactive on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Here we will discuss her husband’s life.
Trena McElroy’s husband, Ken McElroy
Ken McElroy was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer. He was known as “the town bully and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Over the course of his life, McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, animal cruelty, and burglary.
He was indicted 21 times but escaped conviction each time, except for the last. In 1981, McElroy was convicted of attempting murder in the shooting of the town’s 70-year-old grocer Ernest Bo Bowenkamp.McElroy successfully appealed the conviction and was released on bond, after which he engaged in an ongoing harassment campaign against Bowenkamp and others who were sympathetic to Bowenkamp, including the town’s church of christ minister.
On July 9, 1981, he appeared in a local bar, the D&G Tavern, armed with an M1 Garand rifle and bayonet, and later threatened to kill Bowenkamp. The next day, McElroy was shot and killed in broad daylight as he sat with his wife Trena in his pickup truck on Skidmore’s main street. Bullets struck him from at least two different firearms, in front of a crowd of people estimated as numbering between 30 and 46.
To date, no one has been charged in connection with McElroy’s death. McElroy fathered more than 10 children with different women. He met his last wife, Trena McCloud (1957–2012), when she was 12 years old and in eighth grade and he was 35.
He raped McCloud repeatedly. McCloud’s parents initially opposed the relationship, but after McElroy burned their house down and shot the family dog, they begrudgingly agreed to the marriage.She became pregnant when she was fourteen, dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and went to live with McElroy and his second wife Alice.
McElroy divorced Alice and married Trena in order to escape charges of statutory rape, to which she was the only witness. Sixteen days after Trena gave birth, she and Alice fled to Trena’s parents’ house. According to court records, McElroy tracked them down and brought them back.
When Trena’s parents were away, McElroy went to their home, where once again he burned the house down and shot the McClouds’ new dog.Based on Trena’s story, McElroy was indicted in June 1973 for arson, assault, and statutory rape. He was arrested, booked, arraigned, and released on $2,500 bail.Trena and her baby were placed in foster care at a home in Maryville, Massuri.
