3.2 Participation of Elmer Wayne Henley.Brooks and Henley confessed to assisting Corll in several abductions and murders both were sentenced to life imprisonment at their subsequent trials.Ĭorll was also known as the Candy Man and the Pied Piper, because he and his family had previously owned and operated a candy factory in Houston Heights, and he had been known to give free candy to local children. Corll and his accomplices buried 17 of their victims in a rented boat shed four other victims were buried in woodland near Lake Sam Rayburn one victim was buried on a beach in Jefferson County and at least six victims were buried on a beach on the Bolivar Peninsula. They would then be restrained either by force or deception, and each was killed either by strangulation or shooting with a. Ĭorll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses he resided in between 19. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. Dean Arnold Corll (Decem– August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and pederast who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men between 19 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.
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