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July 8th: Ken McElroy Tries to Kill Bo Bowenkamp (1980)

What happens when the victim of a crime is someone everyone seems to hate? On July 8th 1980 a man described as the town’s bully attempted to take a life. It became the straw that broke the camel’s back for citizens who became desperate to put an end to his reign of terror.

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