Clement (whom Trena accused of being the shooter, but who was never charged). The case was later settled out of court by all parties for $17,600, with no one admitting guilt, for the stated reason of avoiding costly legal fees should the suit proceed. Trena remarried and moved to Lebanon, Missouri, where she died of cancer on her 55th birthday on January 24, 2012. In popular culture 60 Minutes ran a segment on the story in 1982. A 1988 book about McElroy's murder, In Broad Daylight, by Harry N. MacLean, was adapted into the made-for-TV movie In Broad Daylight in 1991 starring Brian Dennehy, Marcia Gay Harden, and Chris Cooper. The event was the subject of No One Saw a Thing, a 2019 television documentary mini-series on Sundance TV. See also List of unsolved murders Fuenteovejuna Murder of Robert McCartney References 1934 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American criminals American male criminals American murder victims Crime in Missouri Criminals from Missouri Deaths by firearm in Missouri Male murder victims Murdered criminals People from Nodaway County, Missouri People murdered in Missouri Place of birth missing Unsolved murders in the United States Vigilantism in the United States 1981 murders in the United States