YouTubeDean Corll pretended to be an ordinary electrician and many people bought the facade. [6], Dean Corll was a shy, serious child who rarely socialized with other children, but at the same time displayed concern for the wellbeing of others. [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. Prater is known to have continued to visit his father in Houston during weekends after he moved with his mother to Dallas. Corll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses at which he resided between 1970 and 1973. Corll even ended up killing former employees of his candy factory along with dozens of others. [148][149] Most victims had been buried in a Southwest Houston boat shed; with others buried at Lake Sam Rayburn and High Island Beach. The prosecution called dozens of witnesses, including Kerley and Ridinger. Henley's appeal was upheld and he was awarded a retrial in December 1978. Several hours later, both youths were strangled to death and subsequently buried in a common grave inside the boat shed directly above the bodies of James Glass and Danny Yates. Photo: AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky Print Cite Andy Kahan, a victim advocate at Crime Stoppers of Houston, spoke of Brooks' evil after his death. [38] That date was also postponed. Production of a film directly based upon the Houston Mass Murders. The third individual had long, blond hairlike Brooks. [12] Timothy O'Bryan died en route to the hospital less than an hour after consuming the candy. [55]:1[58] His call was answered by an operator named Velma Lines. He also joined Corll on the regular trips he took to South Texas beaches in the company of various youths, and later commented that Corll was the first adult male who did not mock his appearance. Whether our stories challenge and inspire intellectually or simply entertain, we know that we are making a positive contribution to our audiences across the many diverse regions and countries in the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa. [202], The District Attorney requested that Henley undergo a psychiatric examination to determine whether he was mentally competent to stand trial, but his attorney, Charles Melder, opposed the decision, stating the move would violate Henley's constitutional rights. As the couple watched the trio, one of the men (whom they later identified as Henley) advanced upon their car with such a menacing expression that the couple felt compelled to drive away. His grades were apparently decent enough to escape notice, and he occasionally dated girls from school or from the neighborhood. Scott had been a blond youth who had not had any teeth extracted prior to his disappearance; however, a Dr. Elizabeth Johnson of the Harris County Medical Institute had concluded in 1993 that the fifteenth set of remains unearthed from the boat shedwhich had physical characteristics such as dark brown hair and two extracted. [84] Before Corll vacated the address on June 26, Henley assisted Corll and Brooks in the abduction and murder of two youths named Billy Baulch and Johnny Delome. But over a period of two years, Corll groomed Brooks and steadily built his trust. [65], On August 17, 1971, Corll and Brooks encountered a 17-year-old acquaintance of Brooks named Ruben Watson Haney walking home from a movie theater in Houston. [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. Miller turned to Pasadena police to help. In his call, Henley blurted to the operator: "Y'all better come here right now! [121], At approximately 3:00a.m. on the morning of August 8, 1973, Henley and Kerley, accompanied by Williams, returned to Corll's residence. [120][5] Williams climbed into the back seat of Kerley's Volkswagen. [16][34] The jury took 71minutes to sentence him to death by electrocution. 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. 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 . Brooks served his life sentence at the Terrell Unit near Rosharon, Texas. "[138] Henley gave the address to the operator as 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena. [85] In Brooks's confession, he stated that both youths were tied to Corll's bed and, after their torture and rape, Henley manually strangled Baulch, then shouted, "Hey, Johnny!" 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. [22]:3670 Investigators later returned to the scene where these extra bones bodies were discovered in efforts to locate any additional human remains at the site of their discovery, although this search yielded no further remains. [225] Brooks also appealed his sentence, contending that the signed confessions used against him were taken without his being informed of his legal rights, but his appeal was dismissed in May 1979. 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. 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. Eventually, Corll did untie Henley, and brought Kerley and Williams into the bedroom to be tied up to the torture board.. Moreover, co-workers at HL&P would also state that, from the earliest days of his employment, Corll had repeatedly retained coils of used nylon cord that would otherwise have been discarded. He'll return to screens this summer in a movie reboot produced by Get Out director Jordan Peele and directed by up-and-comer Nia DaCosta. He was murdered in 1970. [56][57] Corll promised Brooks a car in return for his silence; Brooks accepted the offer and Corll later bought him a green Chevrolet Corvette. [62] In each of these abductions, Brooks is known to have been a participant. O'Bryan poisoned his son in order to claim life insurance money to ease his own financial troubles, as he was $100,000 in debt. We understand the opportunity to grow engagement with new audiences of all ages and through new partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, along with our podcasts and on-demand SVOD services, we ensure our programming and unique stories reach audiences across the full demographic spectrum. Lyles was known to both Corll and Brooks. Henley had stated in his confession to police that he and Corll had "choked" Michael Baulch and buried him at Lake Sam Rayburn. [5] Most of the bodies found were wrapped in thick, clear plastic sheeting. Altogether, at least ten teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19 were murdered between February and November 1972, five of whom were buried at High Island Beach, and five inside the boat shed. [11] O'Bryan later claimed he held Timothy while he was vomiting and the child went limp in his arms. He could have been one of his many murder victims, but instead assisted in some of the murders. [150] Corll had paid up to $200 for each victim Brooks or he were able to lure to his apartment. [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. Therefore, I would forgive all who have taken part in any way in my death. 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. Shortly thereafter, he and his family moved to the northern outskirts of Houston so that the family candy business could be closer to the city where the majority of their product was sold. [7] Judge Michael McSpadden scheduled a third execution date for October 31, 1982, the eighth anniversary of the crime, and he offered to personally drive O'Bryan to the death chamber. And many who knew him probably want to forget that they ever did. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. history. A new luxury high-rise near the . 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. [159] Police continued excavating through the earth of the shed, unearthing the remains of more victims in varying stages of decomposition. [303], The January 14, 1973, disappearance of 16-year-old Norman Lamar Prater has been tentatively linked to Corll. [273][274] ML73-3378 was buried at Lake Sam Rayburn just 10 feet (3m) from the body of Homer Garcia, who had disappeared on July 7, 1973. Of the sixteen individuals depicted within the films and photos, eleven of the individuals appeared to be among Corll's known victims who had been identified by this date;[309] other individuals in the cache were underage at the time the images and films had been taken, but had reached the legal age of consent by the time of the discoveries and their questioning by authorities, indicating the material had been accrued over many years. [60] Both boys were enticed into Corll's van and driven to an apartment Corll had rented on Mangum Road, where they were raped, strangled and subsequently buried in the boat shed. At 8:24 a.m. on August 8, 1973, Henley placed a call to the PPD. Jerry Jouret was determined to make the drive . Kerley began writhing and shouting as Williams, whose gag Henley had removed, lifted her head and asked Henley, "Is this for real?" His last known victim of 1971 was Ruben Watson Haney, who disappeared on August 17. [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. [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. [1][3][4], On October 31, 1974, O'Bryan took his two children trick-or-treating in a Pasadena, Texas, neighborhood. In 2012, a Polaroid picture of a possible 29th victim was found by a filmmaker among Henley's stored belongings. SAY his name five times into a mirror and the Candyman a ghost with a hook for a hand will come and kill you. I have to get it off my chest! O'Bryan lived with his wife, Daynene, in Deer Park, Texas, with their son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (born 1969). Brooks and Henley confessed to assisting Corll in several abductions and murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment at their subsequent trials. "The Candy Man" or "The Pied Piper", was an American ephebophilic and hebephilic serial killer, serial rapist, and abductor who perpetrated the so-called Houston Mass Murders, which at the time of its discovery, were considered the worst example of serial killings in the history of the United States. In the mid-1950s, Dean Corlls mother and stepfather started a candy company called Pecan Prince, initially working from the family garage. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. [214][215], On July 15, 1974, both counsels presented their closing arguments to the jury:[216] the prosecution seeking life imprisonment; the defense a verdict of not guilty. 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. 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. He and Brooks soon made official confessions stating their involvement in the crimes and offered to show police where the victims were buried. A global broadcaster since 1995, we reach audiences in over 100 countries, including the UK, Nordics, Benelux, Central & Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, Germany, Africa and the Middle East. By the time Brooks was 14, Corll was regularly sexually abusing the boy and bribing him with gifts and money for his silence. Their marriage was marred by frequent quarreling and the couple divorced in 1946, four years after the birth of their younger son, Stanley Wayne Corll. He was convicted of capital murder in June 1975 and sentenced to death. All the bodies showed signs of being sodomised while others had been sexually tortured, including by having their genitals cut off, or having objects inserted into their rectum. [230][231] Brooks is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Walker County. But while Corll started to torture Kerley, Henley grabbed Corll's gun and shouted: "I can't go on any longer! Bunton's family had always believed him to be a victim of Corll and had contacted Dr. Derrick in 2009 to submit a, In the confession given by Henley on August 9, 1973, the youth had stated that victim Mark Scott had been strangled and buried at High Island. Instead, he groomed Henley to participate in his sickening scheme just like he had with Brooks, feeding him the same story about the porn ring before telling him the truth and offering him cash as a reward for his help in finding new victims. 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