[169], On the morning of August 9, Henley gave a full written statement detailing his and Brooks's involvement with Corll in the abduction and murder of numerous youths. According to the book The Man With Candy, one young teenage boy who worked at the company complained to Corlls mother that Corll had made sexual advances toward him. She eventually remarried a traveling salesman, and the family settled in Vidor, Texas. [232], In June 2008, Dr. Sharon Derrick, a forensic anthropologist with the medical examiner's office in Houston, released digital images of Corll's three still-unidentified victims. The pegboard walls inside the rear of the van were rigged with several rings and hooks. Henley then left the youth alone with Corll, believing he was to be sold into the sexual slavery ring. [88] The youth was savagely bludgeoned about the chest with a blunt instrument before he was strangled and buried in the boat shed. [303], The January 14, 1973, disappearance of 16-year-old Norman Lamar Prater has been tentatively linked to Corll. [68] The identities of both of these victims remain unknown. He died of COVID-19-related complications at a Galveston hospital on May 28, 2020, at the age of 65. He was reportedly unhappy in the service and was discharged 10 months later. [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. That's what he was telling you about his presence. 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. [29][30] During the trial, a chemist who was acquainted with O'Bryan testified that in summer 1973, O'Bryan contacted him asking about cyanide and how much would be fatal. [86], During the time Corll resided at Schuler Street, the trio lured a 19-year-old named William Ridinger to the house. [55]:25, About the time of Konen's murder, Brooks interrupted Corll in the act of sexually assaulting two teenage boys whom Corll had strapped to a four-poster bed. September 17, 1953-November 15, 1972", "Relative of Long-lost Murder Vvictim: 'We Pretty Much Lost Hope', "Pruitt Medical Laboratories: Autopsy Report 73-7778-A", "Baton Rouge Man Among Victims in Houston Case", "Henley Gives Statement on Manner of Killings", "Remains Draw More Questions on '70s Corll Killings", "A Body Ruled Out as Victim of Ring; Henley Trial Told Search" Found Unrelated Corpse Trial was Shifted", "More Bodies Unearthed: Mass Murder Victims", "Pathological Diagnosis on the Body of John Manning Sellars", "Joseph A. 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Later in the evening, Henley awoke to find himself bound and gagged alongside Kerley and Williams who were also restrained. [124], Corll then handed Henley a hunting knife and ordered him to cut away Williams's clothes,[131] insisting that, while he would rape and kill Kerley, Henley would do likewise to Williams. Eventually, Corll did untie Henley, and brought Kerley and Williams into the bedroom to be tied up to the torture board.. Meanwhile, the candy factory itself seemed to attract several teenage boys both as employees and as customers. According to Texas Monthly, Corll killed his first recorded victim in September 1970. [78][n 3], Brooks later stated Henley was "especially sadistic" in his participation in the murders committed at Schuler Street and Henley later admitted to gradually becoming "fascinated" with "how much stamina people have" when the recipient of the act of murder. At 8:24 a.m. on August 8, 1973, Henley placed a call to the PPD. Ronald C. OBryan P.S. At Corll's residenceusing a ruse he and Corll had preparedHenley cuffed his own hands behind his back, freed himself with a key hidden in his back pocket, then duped the youth into donning the handcuffs before observing Corll bind and gag him. Harvey, who had been shot through the eye. Dean Corll, the Candy Man of Houston, was America's most prolific serial killer before the term was officially coined. As a result of this diagnosis, Corll was told to avoid P.E. He could have been one of his many murder victims, but instead assisted in some of the murders. [61], Between March and May 1971, Corll abducted and killed three victims, all of whom lived in Houston Heights and all of whom were buried toward the rear of the rented boat shed. YouTubeDean Corll pretended to be an ordinary electrician and many people bought the facade. He had lived on Antoine Drivethe same street upon which Brooks resided in 1973. But its unknown if this ever led to abuse or punishments that were worse than those typical for the 1940s. Corll told Henley he was mad about bringing a girl to the house, adding: "I'm gonna kill you all! But over a period of two years, Corll groomed Brooks and steadily built his trust. Elmer Wayne Henley turns on the Candy Man. ", 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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[67], In September 1971, Corll moved to another apartment in the Heights: 915 Columbia Street. "[140], Minutes later, a PPD patrol car arrived at 2020 Lamar Drive. The family moved to the small town of Vidor, Texas, where Corll's half-sister, Joyce Jeanine (1955-2016), was born. [16], By the time Brooks dropped out of high school, Corll's mother and his half-sister, Joyce, had moved to Colorado after the failure of her third marriage and the closure of Corll Candy Company in June 1968. [198] The other youth, Willard Branch,[199] lived in the Oak Forest district of Houston. 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. This second trial was held in Corpus Christi,[221] with Henley again represented by defense attorneys William Gray and Edwin Pegelow. Candyman in 2021 may feel made for the Black Lives Matter era but its themes were present from the start. "The Candy Man Murders," as the case was called, was one of the most horrific series of murders in U.S. history. 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. But all they did was say, Why are you down here? [21] In response, she fired the teenager. Corll offered Henley the same $200 per boy deal he'd made Brooks. Just a few months later in December, Dean Corll abducted two teenage boys and tied them to his bed in his home. 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. His parents reportedly never had a happy marriage, and they would often argue. As reported by ABC13, Elmer Wayne Henley led . personnel." [212] Inside the box, police had found hair which examiners had concluded came from both Cobble and Henley. Corll and Brooks carried on abducting children, sometimes offering lifts or the promise of a party, before Corll strangled or shot the victims. Elmer Wayne Henley's Introduction to the 'Candy Man' Killer Henley dropped out of high school at the age of 15, and it was around the same time that he met 16-year-old David Owen Brooks. [16], Corll graduated from Vidor High School in the summer of 1958. Although Dr. Jachimczyk testified as to his uncertainty as to whether John Sellars was a victim of Corll at Henley's trial, he did emphasize his uncertainty as to his personal opinion. [5], In several instances, Corll forced his victims to either phone or write to their parents with explanations for their absences in an effort to allay the parents' fears for their sons' safety. Kerley had been stripped naked. After learning that O'Bryan had visited a chemical supply store in Houston to buy cyanide shortly before Halloween 1974 (he left without purchasing anything after learning the smallest amount available to purchase was five pounds), police began to suspect that Ronald O'Bryan had laced the candies with poison in an effort to kill his children to collect on their life insurance policies. Now in his early 30s, Corll had also moved into a new apartment. [287], Forty-two boys had vanished within the Houston area between 1970 and Corll's death in 1973. After this look at Dean Corll, the Candy Man killer, read up on the horrific story of serial killer Ed Kemper. '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. [34] Although she often talked to her eldest son on the telephone, his mother never saw him again. [165] After the recovery of the eighth body from the boat shed was completed at 11:55 p.m., the investigation was discontinued until the next day. Brooks was convicted of one murder and received a life sentence as well. Slasher icon Candyman (played by Tony Todd) has become a horror legend in his own right, but the character was inspired by two real urban legends.Candyman has so far stalked prey and claimed victims in three feature films, released in 1992, 1995, and 1999. As Dean Corll abused Brooks, he was also on the lookout for other victims to rape and murder. [62] Sometime the following month, an 18-year-old Oak Forest youth known to both Corll and Henley named Willard Branch disappeared while hitchhiking from Mount Pleasant to Houston. In 1960, at the request of his mother, Corll moved to Indiana to live with his widowed grandmother. [157] Inside the boat shed, police found a half-stripped stolen car, a child's bike, a large iron drum, water containers, two sacks of lime,[5] and a large plastic bag full of teenage boys' clothing. 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. You know he was in on it. The Supreme Court delayed the date yet again to give O'Bryan a chance to pursue an appeal to seek a new trial. [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. 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. Though Dean Corll tried to target vulnerable and at-risk youths, many of his victims had loving parents who were desperately trying to find them. [CDATA[// >