Kenneth Allen McDuff: The Broomstick Killer
Early Life and Criminal History
Kenneth Allen McDuff was born on March 21, 1946, in Rosebud, Texas. He grew up in a large family and developed a reputation for bullying, intimidation, and criminal behavior while still young. By the age of eighteen, McDuff had been convicted of numerous burglary and attempted-burglary charges in Bell, Falls, and Milam counties. Although he received several concurrent four-year sentences, he was paroled in December 1965 after serving only a portion of his sentence.
McDuff's early release placed him back in the community less than a year before he committed the crime that made him one of the most notorious murderers in Texas history. On August 6, 1966, McDuff and an acquaintance, Roy Dale Green, encountered three teenagers near a baseball field in Everman, south of Fort Worth. The victims were Robert Brand, Brand's cousin Johnny Marcus Dunnam, and Brand's girlfriend, Edna Louise Sullivan.
The 1966 Broomstick Murders
McDuff approached the teenagers with a handgun and forced them into the trunk of their automobile. With Green following in another vehicle, McDuff drove the victims to an isolated area. He removed Sullivan from the trunk and transferred her to the other car. Brand and Dunnam remained confined inside the first vehicle.
Despite the boys' pleas for their lives, McDuff opened the trunk and fired repeatedly into it, killing both teenagers. He then left their bodies inside the automobile. Sullivan was taken to a second isolated location, where she was sexually assaulted. McDuff eventually strangled the sixteen-year-old with a wooden broomstick, producing the nickname by which he would later become widely known: the "Broomstick Killer." Her body was abandoned in vegetation near the murder scene.
Green confessed to people he knew shortly after the killings and eventually surrendered to authorities. His statements led investigators to McDuff. Green claimed that McDuff had directed the crimes and had personally killed all three victims. McDuff was arrested, prosecuted, and convicted of murder. In 1968, he was sentenced to death in the Texas electric chair. Green received a prison sentence for his participation and cooperation.
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