The mass murderer met two friends, Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks, who would later become his accomplices. [69] He stated the "only three" abductions and murders Brooks had not assisted him and Corll with were committed in the summer of 1973. Oops, we were unable to send the email. He was found guilty of Lawrence's murder on March 4, 1975, and sentenced to life imprisonment. [13], In February 2012, a picture was released to the news media of a likely unknown victim of Corll. [283], During a routine investigation in March 1975, the HPD discovered a cache of pornographic pictures and films depicting boys as young as eight, most of whom were from the Heights. WebUpon advice from a pecan nut salesman, Corll's mother and stepfather started a small family candy company named 'Pecan Prince', initially operating from the garage of their home. [184], Brooks was brought to trial on February 27, 1975. [92][n 4]. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Henley then left the youth alone with Corll, believing he was to be sold into the sexual slavery ring. [87][n 3] His gagged and emasculated body was buried in the boat shed. Henley later compared the acceleration in the frequency of killings and the increase in the brutality exhibited by Corll towards his victims to being "like a blood lust", adding that he and Brooks would instinctively know when Corll was to announce that he "needed to do a new boy," due to the fact that he would appear restless, smoking cigarettes and making reflex movements. WebWhile theres no link between the serial killer and the Candyman urban legend, Corll was nicknamed the candy man because his family owned a sweet company, and he was known to give the confectionary to local children. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? His attorney, William Gray, cross-examined several witnesses, but did not call any witnesses or experts for the defense. Moreover, in one interview, Brooks claimed that Corll's first murder victim was a youth killed at an apartment complex located at 5313 Judiway Street, where Corll had lived prior to September 1970. Remains identified April, 2011. [203] He had been indicted for four murders committed between December 1970 and June 1973,[204] but was brought to trial charged only with the June 1973 murder of 15-year-old William Ray Lawrence. [20] He was later assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia, to train as a radio repairman before his permanent assignment to Fort Hood, Texas. She married Arnold Edwin Corll (February 7, 1916 April 5, 2001) on April 4, 1939. Konen was born November 20, 1951, per death certificate. The two bodies that Henley had insisted were still buried on the beach may have been those of Scott and Lyles. [5] Most of the bodies found were wrapped in thick, clear plastic sheeting. Thanks for your help! [73] 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. ", Mass Murder in Houston, John K.Gurwell, p. 41, Mass Murder in Houston, John K.Gurwell, p. 104. [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. 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. [141] Police continued excavating through the earth of the shed, unearthing the remains of more victims in varying stages of decomposition. Search above to list available cemeteries. [252], Corll's only known unidentified victimthe sixteenth body found in the boat shedwas in an advanced stage of decomposition at the time of his discovery, leading investigators to deduce that he had likely been killed in 1971 or 1972. [250][251] 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. Henley would later claim that although Corll had paid him $200 for the first victim he had lured to his address, Corll never paid him any significant sum of money for any of the subsequent victims he procured. The family moved just outside Houston in 1958, when Corll graduated, to help the popular candy company, Pecan Prince, grow. "[121] As Corll clambered off Kerley, Henley elaborated: "I can't go on any longer! WebHe returned to a fierce competition between Pecan Prince, his former stepfathers company, and Corll Candy Company, his mothers business. GREAT NEWS! In a logistical move 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, they had noted, the majority of their product had been sold. Corll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses in which he resided between 1970 and 1973. However, no firm evidence exists to link Prater's disappearance to Corll and his accomplices. Dean was Vice President and his younger brother Stanley was Secretary Treasurer.Scott Benjamin: 07:15 The first year in business, a teenage male employee of the Corll Candy Company said the Dean had made sexual advances toward him. Henley and Kerley then drove back to Houston Heights and Kerley parked his vehicle close to Henley's home. Corll stated he was burying spoiled candy to avoid contamination by insects. 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He later moved into an apartment of his own above the shop. [210][211] Brooks is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Walker County. [199], Henley appealed his sentence and conviction, contending the jury in his initial trial had not been sequestered, that his attorneys' objections to news media being present in the courtroom had been overruled, and citing that his defense team's attempts to present evidence contending that the initial trial should not have been held in San Antonio had also been overruled by the judge. This is a carousel with slides. 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. [130], When questioned regarding his claim that as Corll had threatened him that morning he had shouted that he had killed several boys,[129] 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. Corll was a sadistic serial killer who tortured and murdered at least 28 teenagers during the early 1970s. [11], From 1954 to 1958 Corll attended Vidor High School, where he was regarded as a well-behaved student who achieved satisfactory grades. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Pierre Redmond has been associated with seven companies, according to public records. "[111] Henley gave the address to the operator as 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena. A body found on a beach in Jefferson County on August 4, 1983, is strongly believed a further victim of Corll. Learn more about merges. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. [113] His mouth had been taped shut and his ankles had been bound together. [58] The other two victims, 13-year-old David Hilligiest, and 16-year-old Gregory Malley Winkle were abducted and killed together on the afternoon of May 29, 1971. ", In one section of his subsequent testimony at Henley's 1974 trial, Detective Sergeant David Mullican would state to the court: "Other means of torture were pulling their pubic hairs out one by one, shoving glass rods up the penis and shoving a large, bullet-like instrument in the victim's rectum.". WebCorll Candy Company filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas and is no longer active. Resend Activation Email. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. On November 4, 2011, the victim mistakenly identified as Baulch (case file ML73-3333) was identified through DNA analysis as Roy Eugene Bunton, a Heights teenager who was last seen by his family heading for work at a Houston shoe store on or about August 21, 1972. Brooks and Henley confessed to assisting Corll in several abductions and murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment at their subsequent trials. Corll even ended up killing former employees of his candy factory along with dozens of others. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. [7][8] Corll's mother and stepfather started a small family candy company, initially operating from the garage of their home. I have to get it off my chest! But, the involvement of Dean Corll was not wholesome and he was interested in the underage boys. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Why, what a candy deal of courtesyThis fawning greyhound then did proffer me!William Shakespeare (15641616), A man should not go where he cannot carry his whole sphere or society with him,Mnot bodily, the whole circle of his friends, but atmospherically. You know he was in on it. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Corll is known to have installed a pool table at the rear of the candy factory where employees and local youths would congregate. [54], 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. Following his honorable discharge from the army, Corll returned to Houston Heights and resumed the position he had held as vice-president of Corll Candy Company. [285] No direct link in these arrests to Corll was proven, as the HPD declined to pursue any possible link to the killings, stating they felt Corll's victims' families had "suffered enough. 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,[13][30] and two other victims, Billy Baulch and Gregory Malley Winkle, were former employees of Corll Candy Company. The company's filing status is listed as Forfeited Existence and its File Number is Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. [24] However, Corll refused, informing Henley that he had raped, tortured, and killed the previous victim he had assisted in abducting, and that he intended to do the same with Aguirre. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. (Brooks later claimed that Henley became involved in the abductions while Corll resided at the address he had occupied immediately prior to Schuler Street.) "[127], 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. [113], Corll then handed Henley a hunting knife and ordered him to cut away Williams's clothes,[118] insisting that, while he would rape and kill Kerley, Henley would do likewise to Williams. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. In the rear of the vehicle, police found a coil of rope, a swatch of beige rug covered in soil stains,[136] and a wooden crate with air holes drilled in the sides. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. As had been the case in his childhood, Corll was also considered somewhat of a loner, although he is known to have occasionally dated girls in his teenage years. Drag images here or select from your computer for Mary Emma Robison West memorial. [182], 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. Simoneaux and Hembree were enticed into Brooks's Corvette and driven to Corll's Westcott Towers apartment. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. [71], One month later, on March 24, 1972,[72] 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. In this confession, Henley readily admitted to having personally killed approximately nine[151] youths and to have assisted Corll in the strangulation of others. Ridinger testified that at Corll's home he was tied to the torture board and assaulted repeatedly by Corll before he was released. "[285], On August 15, 1973, just two days after investigators had uncovered the final bodies initially linked to the Houston Mass Murders, investigators in Dallas uncovered a nationwide homosexual procurement ring operated by John David Norman. ", Henley would later state to investigators that one of Corll's motivations for retaining the keys of his victims had been to subsequently. The defense also contended the evidence provided by the state "belonged to Dean Corll, not Elmer Wayne Henley". We look forward to seeing you soon! Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. 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. The pegboard walls inside the rear of the van were rigged with several rings and hooks. Detective David Mullican, recollecting the Houston Mass Murders, April 2011. [205] 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. He is next eligible for parole in October 2025.[209]. Weve updated the security on the site. [19]: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. [70] The identity of this first victim Henley assisted in the abduction of remains unknown. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. In response, Corll pounced on Aguirre, pushed him onto the table, and cuffed his hands behind his back. The officer returned to the car and read Henley his Miranda rights. Fellow workers at the Corll Candy Company recalled Corll doing a lot of digging in the years leading up to 1968, when his mother's third marriage was deteriorating and the firm was failing. [19]:3670 Two women had also observed three men digging at the beach in May 1973one of whom they positively identified as Brooks. Corll then tied Brooks to his bed and assaulted the youth repeatedly before releasing him. In addition, around the time of Lyles's murder, Henley had temporarily moved away to Mount Pleasant in an apparent effort to distance himself from Corll. WebA pecan salesman came along and suggested to Mary that she open her own candy business. [43] However, until he moved to Pasadena in the spring of 1973, he always lived in or close to Houston Heights. Corll buried the many bodies in four separate locations. Several victims were friends of either or both of Corll's accomplices; others were individuals with whom Corll had himself become acquainted prior to their abduction and murder,[11][26] and two other victims, Billy Baulch and Gregory Malley Winkle, were former employees of the Corll Candy Company. Moreover, Corll also is not known to have killed between February 1 and June 4, 1973. This corporate entity was filed approximately sixty years ago on Thursday, May 9, 1963 as recorded in documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. [97] The following day, Garcia telephoned his mother to say he was spending the night with a friend; he was shot and left to bleed to death in Corll's bathtub before he was buried at Lake Sam Rayburn. Brooks showed no emotion as the sentence was passed, although his wife burst into tears. 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. Corll's former stepfather had retained ownership of the family's former candy business following his mother's divorce in 1963, and competition between the two firms was fierce. After he graduated from high school, Dean Corll relocated to Houston as well, where he continued to work for the family business. [44], Corll killed his first known victim, an 18-year-old college freshman named Jeffrey Konen, on September 25, 1970. Everett Waldrop, the father of Donald and Jerry Waldrop, complained that shortly after his sons had disappeared in 1971, he had informed police an acquaintance had observed Corll burying what appeared to be bodies at his boat shed. [5] Henley began cutting away Williams's clothes as Corll undressed and began to assault and torture Kerley. I think Houston (the Heights neighborhood in particular) has taken steps to wipe any Corll landmarks off of the map. Had the search for bodies continued, both victims would have likely been discovered. [39] He is also known to have retained keepsakesusually keysfrom his victims. #houston #history #truecrime #podcast #murdercity Corll would return to Houston Texas to resume his position within his familys candy business. Corll worked in the candy kitchen all of the time, even though he was still in school. 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. [192] Inside the box, police had found hair which examiners had concluded came from both Cobble and Henley. [212], 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. [114], Noting Henley had awoken, Corll removed the gag from his mouth. [19]:3641 Also found at Corll's address were a large hunting knife, rolls of clear plastic of the same type used to cover the floor, a portable radio rigged to a pair of dry cells to give increased volume,[136] an electric motor with loose wires attached,[137] eight pairs of handcuffs, a number of dildos, thin glass tubes, and lengths of rope. "[119][n 6], Henley then asked Corll whether he might take Williams into another room. [153], Police found nine additional bodies in the boat shed on August 9. [122] 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. Corll was known to give free candy to local children, in particular teenage boys: as a result of this behavior, he earned himself the nicknames the Candy Man and the Pied Piper. Sickman's mother had reported her son missing shortly after his disappearance, but police had been unwilling to conduct a search for the youth, telling the mother that he was 17 years old and that unless they found a body, there was nothing they could do to assist her. [111] Corll was furious that Henley had brought a girl to his house, telling him in private that he had "ruined everything". In addition, neither mentioned having seen any of the victims either filmed, photographed, or released from the devices Corll restrained his victims to until after their rape, torture, and murder. You get close to evil like that, no matter how long ago it was, and it never leaves you. [207], Henley is serving his life sentence at the Mark Stiles Unit in Jefferson County, Texas. Prater is known to have continued to visit his father in Houston during weekends after he moved with his mother to Dallas. Corll even ended up killing former employees of his candy factory along with dozens of others. [134] Corll had paid up to $200 for each victim Brooks or he were able to lure to his apartment. WebA former employee of Corll Candy Company. Sickman was last seen leaving a party held in the Heights. [13][28] He worked in this employment until the day of his death. The unidentified victims were listed as ML73-3349, ML73-3356 and ML73-3378. This brand of cord was the same type used to strangle and bind the bodies of many of his victims. Kepner was strangled and buried at High Island Beach. 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. A Plague of Murder: The Rise and Rise of Serial Killing in the Modern Age. 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. That business, of course, was the Corll Candy Company, which was owned by his mother, Mary West. [34] At Corll's residence, the youths would be plied with alcohol or other drugs until they passed out, tricked into donning handcuffs,[35] or simply grabbed by force. Corll's former stepfather had retained ownership of the family's former candy business, Pecan Prince, following his divorce from Corll's mother in 1963; competition between the two firms was fierce. WebCorll, a Houston electric company worker and former candy store owner, used Brooks and fellow teen Elmer Wayne Henley to lure youngsters to his apartment, where they were Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. 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