The Great Read: A Bully’s Murder, Still Unsolved, Is Revisited Onstage
A man was shot dead surrounded by witnesses in Skidmore, Mo., but no one was ever prosecuted. Now that act of vigilante justice has inspired the play “Kenrex.”
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June 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m. Eastern time

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A Bully’s Murder, Still Unsolved, Is Revisited Onstage

A man was shot dead surrounded by witnesses in Skidmore, Mo., but no one was ever prosecuted. Now that act of vigilante justice has inspired the play “Kenrex.”

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