But Brooks lived a far quieter life behind bars. [230][231] Brooks is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Walker County. During my time here, I have been treated well by all T.D.C. However, Corlls involvement at the company was not as wholesome as it seemed. And its with just as much passion that we strive to gain new audiences with our creativity and by using innovative technology, by partnering with leading and emerging local platforms. [74][75] In early 1972, he decided to accept Corll's offer because he and his family were in dire financial circumstances. In the decades since then, Henley has remained a controversial figure. [70] However, Corll evidently decided the youth would make a good accomplice[71] and offered him the same fee of $200 for any boy he could lure to his apartment, informing Henley that he was involved in a "white slavery ring" operating from Dallas. As the first bodies were removed from the boat shed, a visibly distressed Henley informed investigators: "It's all my fault because I led those boys straight to Dean. [53] The body was found buried beneath a large boulder,[54] covered with a layer of lime, wrapped in plastic, naked, and bound hand and foot with nylon cord, suggesting he had been violated. [187] Henley initially insisted that there were two more bodies to be found inside the boat shed and that the bodies of two more boys had been buried at High Island Beach in 1972. The other two victims, Charles Cobble and Marty Ray Jones, were abducted together on the afternoon of July 25. Henley himself later buried both youths' bodies in the boat shed. [198] The other youth, Willard Branch,[199] lived in the Oak Forest district of Houston. [41] At Corll's residence, the youths would be plied with alcohol or other drugs until they passed out, tricked into donning handcuffs,[42] or simply grabbed by force. Henley protested in vain against Corll's actions, whereupon Corll reiterated that he was angry with Henley for bringing a girl to his house and that he was going to kill all three teenagers after he had assaulted and tortured Kerley, initially saying, "Man, you blew it bringing that girl,"[126] before shouting: "I'm gonna kill you all! The two bodies that Henley had insisted were still buried on the beach may have been those of Scott and Lyles. By his own later admission, Brooks began regarding Corll's apartment as his second home. In response, Corlls mother fired the boy. 'Candy Man' serial killer's Houston home, where he lured back many of his 28-plus teen victims to torture and murder in the early 70's, goes on sale for $185,000. [139] As Kerley, Williams, and Henley waited upon Corll's porch for the police to arrive, Henley mentioned to Kerley that he had "done that (killed by shooting) four or five times. [150] Corll had paid up to $200 for each victim Brooks or he were able to lure to his apartment. [72] Henley subsequently assisted Corll and Brooks in Aguirre's burial at High Island Beach. Both youths were tied to opposite sides of Corll's torture board and subsequently raped, strangled, and buried in a boat shed he had rented on November 17. "[142], Kerley later told detectives that before the police officer had arrived at Lamar Drive, Henley had informed him, "If you wasn't my friend, I could have gotten $200 for you. On June 27, 1979, the jury deliberated for over two hours before reaching their verdict; Henley was again convicted of six murders and sentenced to six concurrent 99-year terms. In the mid-1950s, Dean Corlls mother and stepfather started a candy company called Pecan Prince, initially working from the family garage. [16], Corll graduated from Vidor High School in the summer of 1958. 2020 Lamar Drive was demolished in February 2023. I camped on that police department door for eight months, a grieving father named Everett Waldrop told reporters about when his sons first went missing, according to the New York Daily News. His defense mainly drew upon the decades-old[31] urban legend concerning a "mad poisoner" who hands out Halloween candy laced with poison or needles or candy apples with razor blades inserted. Production of a film directly based upon the Houston Mass Murders. Baulch had disappeared en route to a barbershop on July 19, 1973a year after his brother, Billy, had been murdered by Corll. Brooks had also stated in his confession that Scott was likely buried at High Island. In his call, Henley blurted to the operator: "Y'all better come here right now! [100] On March 7, Corll vacated his Wirt Road apartment and moved to 2020 Lamar Drive, an address his father had vacated in Pasadena. The various policies totaled approximately $60,000. Corll's Childhood Years Corll was born on Christmas Eve in 1939 in Fort Wayne, Ind. There was an actual Candyman killer. For almost 50 years, people have recalled the atrocities. [119] Williamsnursing a sprained anklehad been beaten by her drunken father that evening and accepted Henley's invitation to join him and Kerley at Corll's home. A+E Networks EMEA is an amalgamation of A+E Networks UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Nordics, Benelux, Spain and Africa. In 2012, a Polaroid picture of a possible 29th victim was found by a filmmaker among Henley's stored belongings. [188], At the time, the killing spree was the worst case of serial murder, in terms of the number of victims, in the United States, exceeding the 25 murders attributed to Juan Corona, who had been arrested in California in 1971 for killing 25 men. Corll stated he was burying spoiled candy to avoid contamination by insects. Brooks persuaded Haney to attend a party at an address Corll had moved to on San Felipe Street the previous month. Corll lived in Indiana for almost two years but returned to Houston in 1962 to help with his family's candy business, which by this date had moved to Houston Heights. [120][5] Williams climbed into the back seat of Kerley's Volkswagen. Corll's family opened a new shop, which they named Pecan Prince[17] in reference to the brand name of the family product. [58] An electrical cord with alligator clips attached to each end was buried alongside Yates's body. Prior to their respective trials, both Henley and Brooks would reject offers presented to them by the district attorney of life sentences in exchange for pleas of guilty in the murders for which they had been indicted. One of the youths who voluntarily offered to distribute posters the parents had printed offering a monetary reward for information leading to the boys' whereabouts was 15-year-old Elmer Wayne Henleya lifelong friend of Hilligiest. He subsequently cemented over the floor. The statements given by Kerley and Williams corroborated Henley's account, and the detective questioning Henley believed he had indeed acted in self-defense. Brooks later claimed he persuaded Corll to allow Ridinger to be released, and the youth was allowed to leave the residence. [48] However, until he moved to Pasadena in the spring of 1973, he always lived in or close to Houston Heights. [15] In high school, Corll's only major interest was the brass band, in which he played trombone. [288] In addition, his T-shirt bore a handwritten inscription believed to read either "LB4MF", "LBHMF",[286] or "L84MF". On October 17, 2008, ML73-3349 was identified as Randell Lee Harvey, a Heights teenager who had been reported missing on March 11, 1971 two days after he had disappeared. A few days later, the Scott family received a postcard, which was supposedly written by Mark. [145], When questioned regarding his claim that as Corll had threatened him that morning he had shouted that he had killed several boys,[146] Henley explained that for almost three years, Brooks and he had helped procure teenage boys, some of whom had been their own friends, for Corll, who had raped and murdered them. Since then, both men have been described as serial killers for their involvement in the Houston Mass Murders. But first I'm gonna have my fun!". The police did not initially suspect O'Bryan of any wrongdoing until Timothy's autopsy revealed that the Pixy Stix he had consumed was laced with a fatal dose of potassium cyanide. Henley explained that Williams had argued with her father that evening, and did not wish to return home. [204][205][n 11], Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks were tried separately for their roles in the murders. But he wouldnt stay for long. However, Scott saw Henley pointing a pistol toward him and according to Brooks, Scott "just gave up." This unidentified victim was found wearing red-white-and-blue striped swimming trunks,[285] cowboy boots, a leather bracelet and a long-sleeved, khaki-colored T-shirt decorated with a peace symbol,[286][287] leading investigators to conclude that he was likely killed in the summer months. Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 - August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley.The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to . In the back of the factory, Corll even installed a pool table where company employees and their friends many of whom were also young teenage boys could congregate throughout the day. [34] Although she often talked to her eldest son on the telephone, his mother never saw him again. In 2013, Williams recounted Henley's actions on the morning of August 8, stating: "He (Henley) was afraid that he wasn't going to be able to save me. [31] Whenever Brooks told Corll he needed cash, Corll gave him money, and the youth began to view Corll as a father figure. In a 2010 interview, he claimed to have attempted to persuade Corll not to assault and kill Aguirre once Corll and Brooks had bound and gagged the youth. [17] As well, his wife rejected the claim that Timothy chose the Pixy Stix, stating that O'Bryan had, in fact, forced him to choose the Stix. [116], On the evening of August 7, 1973, Henley, aged 17, invited a 19-year-old named Timothy Cordell Kerley to attend a party at Corll's Pasadena residence. He said the owner of the home did not turn the lights on, but did crack the door open and hand him five Pixy Stix. [118] The two youths arrived at Corll's house, where they sniffed paint fumes and drank alcohol until midnight before leaving the house, promising to return shortly. [4] He claimed to have only seen the man's arm,[7] which he described as "hairy". One of these individuals, 15-year-old John Harmon, had been a Heights teenager reported missing in 1971. But by 1969, just two years after meeting, Corll began paying Brooks in order to perform sex acts on the boy. [80] Henley called Aguirre over to Corll's van and invited the youth to drink beer and smoke marijuana with the trio at Corll's apartment. Henley would later recount that as he strangled Scott to death, the teen had repeatedly made tapping gestures to his skull with the extended index finger and thumb of his right hand in the symbol of a gun as a plea to be shot as opposed to strangled. Delome then pleaded with Henley, "Wayne, please don't!" Konen was born November 20, 1951, per death certificate. [302] It is possible that the initial double murder Brooks had discovered Corll in the process of committing occurred after the murder of Konen and before those of Glass and Yates. The trio then drove toward Corll's Pasadena residence. [136][137][84], Henley would later recall that immediately after he shot Corll, the sole thought in his mind was that Corll would have been proud of the way he had behaved during the confrontation, adding that Corll had been training him to react quickly and forcefully and that this was exactly what he had done.[84]. He was indicted on one count of capital murder and four counts of attempted murder. Corll ignored him and Henley then grabbed Corll's pistol, shouting, "You've gone far enough, Dean! [78], One month later, on March 24, 1972,[79] Henley, Brooks, and Corll encountered an 18-year-old acquaintance of Henley's named Frank Aguirre leaving a restaurant on Yale Street, where the youth worked. [218] The following day, July 16,[55]:34 formal procedures to sentence Henley for the six guilty verdicts began, and on August 8, Judge Preston Dial ordered that Henley serve each 99-year sentence consecutively (totaling 594 years), and he was transferred to the Huntsville Unit to formally begin his sentence. and shot Delome in the forehead, with the bullet exiting through the youth's ear. As for Dean Corll, his legacy remains infamous as ever and hes remembered as one of the most notorious serial killers in Texas history. It shows a boy in handcuffs next to Corll's toolbox used to store his implements of torture authorities ruled out the boy being any of the known victims, but weren't able to positively identify him. [55]:9 The police were heavily criticized for curtailing the search for further victims once the record set by Juan Corona for having the most victims had been surpassed. We want to be famous for creating and sharing stories that matter unique, trusted, entertaining, everywhere. I can't have you kill all my friends! Corll 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. Moreover, Corll also is not known to have killed between February 1 and June 4, 1973. Williams was the only girl known to have been targeted during the murder spree, but Henley later insisted that he wasnt planning on attacking her or Kerley. [310], The discovery raised the disturbing possibility that the statements Corll had given to both Henley and Brooks prior to his murder that he was associated with an organization based in Dallas which "bought and sold boys"[262] may indeed have held a degree of truth. Brooks was convicted of one murder and received a life sentence as well. Brooks showed no emotion as the sentence was passed, although his wife burst into tears. With offices in London, Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, Munich and Johannesburg, we are a truly international company that celebrates difference and diversity. Later the same year, Brooks moved back to Houston. Elmer Wayne Henley turns on the Candy Man. But all they did was say, Why are you down here? Brooks lured Elmer Wayne Henley to Corll's address in 1971, where the killer decided Henley would make a better accomplice than a victim. "[132][n 7], Henley then asked Corll whether he might take Williams into another room. His attorney, William Gray, cross-examined several witnesses, but did not call any witnesses or experts for the defense. Whenever he visited his father in Houston, he also visited Corll, who allowed him to stay at his apartment if he wished. At the time of Konen's disappearance, Corll lived in an apartment on Yorktown Street, near the intersection with Westheimer Road. After he had shot Corll, Henley released Kerley and Williams from the torture board, and all three teenagers dressed and discussed what actions they should take. His brutal killings - known as the Houston Mass Murders - were only uncovered when he was shot dead by his accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley in 1973. He was also observed digging in waste ground that was later converted into a parking lot. Brooks would later say Henley grew "especially sadistic", shooting and strangling victims himself after their rape and torture. [55]:1[58] His call was answered by an operator named Velma Lines. Henley agreed and looked up the number for the Pasadena Police Department (PPD) in Corll's telephone directory. Ronald C. OBryan P.S. Dean Corll was born in 1939, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jerry Jouret was determined to make the drive . [5][161][n 10] Cloth rags had also been inserted into the victims' mouths and adhesive tape wound around their faces to muffle their screams. After 45 years of his sentence, Brooks died in custody aged 65 last year from Covid-19. "[182] In reference to the actual murders, Brooks stated his witnessing the victims' deaths "didn't bother [him]", adding "I saw it done many times. [110], In July 1973, after Brooks married his pregnant fiance,[30] Henley temporarily became Corll's sole procurer of victims, assisting in the abduction and murder of three Heights youths between July 19 and 25. Henley claimed these three abductions were the only three that occurred after his becoming an accomplice to Corll in which Brooks was not a participant. Wikimedia CommonsDean Corll briefly served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1965. The jury deliberated for just 90 minutes before they reached a verdict. In his confession, Brooks stated the youth killed immediately prior to Henley's involvement in the murders was abducted from the Heights and kept alive for approximately four days before his murder. [30] On June 4, Henley and Corll abducted 15-year-old William Ray Lawrence; the youth was last seen alive by his father on 31st Street. On the night of Aug. 8, 1973, Corll threatened to kill Henley and two others during a party. Several victims were friends of one or both of Corll's accomplices; others were individuals with whom Corll had himself become acquainted prior to their abduction and murder,[16][38] and two other victims, Billy Baulch and Gregory Malley Winkle, were former employees of Corll Candy Company. The three teenagers began drinking and smoking marijuana, with Henley and Kerley also sniffing paint fumes as Corll watched them intently. [5], Although police never discovered when or where O'Bryan bought the poison,[19] he was arrested for Timothy's murder on November 5, 1974. Houston serial killer up for compassionate release. [19][24] The army granted his request and he was given an honorable discharge on June 11, 1965, after ten months of service. Corll and his accomplices are known to have killed a minimum of 28 teenagers and young men between September 1970 and August 1973, although it is suspected that the true number of victims is higher. [156], Henley agreed to accompany police to Corll's boat shed in Southwest Houston, where he claimed the bodies of most of the victims could be found. And the following year, Corll killed his first known victim: 18-year-old Jeffrey Konen. Two of the unidentified victims were found buried in the boat shed and were estimated to have been killed in 1971 or 1972. The Twisted Tale Of Dean Corll, The Candy Man Killer Who Terrorized Texas. [222] Henley's attorneys again attempted to have Henley's written statements ruled inadmissible. [16][n 8], Police initially were skeptical of Henley's claims, assuming the sole homicide of the case was that of Corll, which they had ascribed as being the result of drug-fueled fisticuffs that had turned deadly. [10][11] Corll's mother and stepfather started a small family candy company, initially operating from the garage of their home. [7] At the age of seven, he suffered an undiagnosed case of rheumatic fever, which was not recognized until doctors found Corll had a heart murmur in 1950. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) (Brooks later claimed that Henley became involved in the abductions while Corll resided at the address he had occupied immediately prior to Schuler Street.) You know your boys are runaways.'. [141] After confiscating the pistol and placing Henley, Williams, and Kerley inside the patrol car, the officer entered the bungalow and discovered Corll's body inside the hallway. ", Henley would later state to investigators that one of Corll's motivations for retaining the keys of his victims had been to subsequently. Several victims' parents had to leave the courtroom to regain their composure as police and medical examiners described how their relatives were tortured and murdered. [42], O'Bryan last words were "What is about to transpire in a few moments is wrong! In this confession, Henley readily admitted to having personally killed approximately nine[170] youths and to have assisted Corll in the strangulation of others. This police raid seized a card filing system containing up to 10,000 names of individuals across America ascribed to this network and the personal details of numerous teenage boys exploited by this sex trafficking ring. Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. Now in his early 30s, Corll had also moved into a new apartment. They noted that Corll was known around Houston as the "Candy Man" he gave free candy (or drugs) to teenage boys to lure them into being kidnapped, raped, tortured and often killed. Striving to always do so requires passion. But while Corll started to torture Kerley, Henley grabbed Corll's gun and shouted: "I can't go on any longer! Dean Arnold Corll was born on December 24th, 1939, in Fort Wayne, Indiana to an overprotective mother, Mary Robinson, and a father, Arnold Corll, who would go on to make it clear he didn't want children. [14] The parents of the fifth child became hysterical when they could not locate the candy after being notified by the police. When Elmer Wayne Henley contacted authorities that August day in 1973, he initially stated that he killed only one man Dean Corll. FactualTV has screened a documentary focusing upon the murders committed by Corll and his accomplices. [3][5][26] O'Bryan's wife maintained that she did not know about the insurance policies on her children's lives. But behind his sweet smile, Dean Corll had a dark secret: He was a serial killer who murdered at least 28 young men and boys in the early 1970s. Therefore, I would forgive all who have taken part in any way in my death. Had Henley not been adamant in his assertion that the body of Scott had been misidentified, it is likely Sickman would have never been conclusively confirmed as a victim of Corll. Police ruled Melvin out as a suspect when over 200 people confirmed that he had been at work. [123], Henley awoke to find himself lying on his stomach and Corll snapping handcuffs onto his wrists. He and Brooks soon made official confessions stating their involvement in the crimes and offered to show police where the victims were buried. Their bodies were then tied in plastic sheeting[44] and buried in one of four places: a rented boat shed in southwest Houston,[45] a beach on the Bolivar Peninsula, a woodland near Lake Sam Rayburn (where Corll's family owned a lakeside log cabin), or a beach in Jefferson County. The thirteenth and fourteenth bodies unearthed bore identification cards naming the victims as Donald and Jerry Waldrop. He thanks you for reading his content. Brooks initially became one of Corll's many youthful close companions, regularly socializing with Corll and various teenage boys who congregated at the rear of the candy factory. [301] Corll's earliest double murder, that of Glass and Yates, took place in December 1970; those victims were actually killed at Corll's Yorktown address, as was Corll's earliest known murder victim, Jeffrey Alan Konen, killed in September 1970. One intended victim managed to escape with his life and eventually decided to join the killers. The three used Corlls Plymouth GTX muscle car or his white van to lure the boys, often using candy, alcohol, or drugs to get them inside the vehicle. [18] Police became suspicious because O'Bryan and his neighbor had only taken their children to homes on two streets because it had been raining. YouTubeJeffrey Konen was the earliest known victim of the Candy Man killer. ]]> The youth had rebuffed the trucker's offer to help free the car, stating he had two friends with him who would free the vehicle. After this look at Dean Corll, the Candy Man killer, read up on the horrific story of serial killer Ed Kemper. Henley is still serving his sentence in Texas and will next be eligible for parole in 2025. Eerily, he seemed almost flattered to be included. He was known for spending most of his time at the small candy factory that his mother owned, and he got along well with many of the neighborhood kids. Meanwhile, the candy factory itself seemed to attract several teenage boys both as employees and as customers. [64], As had been the case with parents of other victims of Corll, both sets of parents launched a frantic search for their sons. Candyman in 2021 may feel made for the Black Lives Matter era but its themes were present from the start. Corll's final victim was a 13-year-old boy, James Stanton Dreymala, abducted in Houston. Eventually, Corll did untie Henley, and brought Kerley and Williams into the bedroom to be tied up to the torture board.. These details, alongside the two additional bones that were found with the 26th and 27th victims discovered, indicate a minimum of two and possibly four more unknown victims. [81], Henley later claimed that he had not known of Corll's true intentions towards Aguirre when he had persuaded his friend to accompany him to Corll's home. Other acquaintances noted subtle changes in Corll's mannerisms when in the company of teenage males after he had completed his service and returned to Houston, which led them to believe he may have been homosexual. [30], Despite the revelations that Corll was, in reality, killing the boys he and Brooks had assisted in abducting, Henley nonetheless became an active participant in the abductions and murders. ", 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Dean Corll became known as the 'candy man' killer for his horrific spree in the early 1970s, Searching one of Corll's mass graves in 1973 - the object in the wheelbarrow is a skull, Elmar Wayne Henley in 2008 at the Mark W. 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[59], Six weeks after the double murder of Glass and Yates, on January 30, 1971, Brooks and Corll encountered two teenage brothers, Donald and Jerry Waldrop, walking toward their parents' home. We offer a range of benefits such as a generous pension plan, life assurance and holiday allowance, and there are useful local perks in various offices, and summer Fridays across the whole company. This is an extended (uncut/unenhanced) scene from the feature film: THE KILLER CLOWN MEETS THE CANDY MAN.The scene is a reenactment of serial killer Dean Cor. [159] Police continued excavating through the earth of the shed, unearthing the remains of more victims in varying stages of decomposition. After his parents divorced, he and his brother, Stanley, moved with their mother to Houston. I just killed a man! I can't have you kill all my friends!". Young, Jeremy Woodworth, Eric Fleising, Seth Leighton Hale. The 1973 misidentification of Michael Baulch was discovered as a result of an independent investigation conducted by freelance writers Barbara Gibson and Debera Phinney, who contacted Dr. Derrick with a tip indicating that the second victim unearthed from the boat shed had been misidentified; upon conducting additional DNA testing, Dr. Derrick discovered their suspicions were correct. A new luxury high-rise near the . Dean Corll became known as the 'candy man' killer for his horrific spree in the early 1970s Credit: Alamy 5 Searching one of Corll's mass graves in 1973 - the object in the wheelbarrow is a skull Credit: AP Dean Corll raped, tortured and murdered at least 28 boys and young men in Texas between 1970 and 1973. [121], At approximately 3:00a.m. on the morning of August 8, 1973, Henley and Kerley, accompanied by Williams, returned to Corll's residence. In 1970, when he was 15, Brooks dropped out of Waltrip High School[30] and moved to Beaumont to live with his mother. Tragically, both of his sons 15-year-old Donald and 13-year-old Jerry were killed by Corll. The trio smoked and drank until they passed out. O'Bryan continued to maintain his innocence. In addition, Brooks only knew the location of Konen's body at High Island Beach because Corll had shown it to him. An 81-year-old man survived being stuck in a snowbank for nearly a week by eating only candy, croissants and biscotti. "[195] The mother of Gregory Malley Winkle stated: "You don't run away (from home) with nothing but a bathing suit and 80 cents. This route often involved West traveling to Houston, where much of the product was sold. "[138] Henley gave the address to the operator as 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. history. Had the search for bodies continued, both victims would have likely been discovered. Brooks said at least one victim was kept alive and restrained for four days before finally being killed. 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