I spot checked some of the depictions in the KenRex play. I ran across this photo of Richard Eugene McFadden in 1960, when he was Clay County Prosecutor and was prosecuting the Perry L. Thresher murder of Mrs. Constance Rebecca Williams case in Excelsior Springs. In this photo, Thresher was wearing a bloody shirt when he was arrested, and he took it off for the charge when being formally charged. McFadden later served as a state rep before taking up private practice. In the KenRex play, McFadden is portrayed as a sleazy “Better Call Saul” character and has the biggest song of the night. The photo has been AI colorized.
Caption:
PERRY LESTER THRESHER, JR., shirtless, stands between Chief Deputy R. E. McDowell, left, and Prosecutor Richard E. McFadin while Judge John Lodwick, Jr., informs him he is charged with first-degree murder in the bludgeon slaying of a 21-year-old woman. His bloody shirt was taken as evidence, and he was supplied with another shirt before leaving for jail
The Excelsior Springs Daily Standard, April 26, 1960, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-standard-mcfadin-at-thresher-m/195929900/ : accessed April 20, 2026), clip page for McFadin at Thresher Murder by user Little_Old_Me