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    1 day ago · 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 light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery, the case was considered the worst example of serial murder in United States history.

  2. May 10, 2024 · But what was very clear was this: That between 1970 and 1973, Dean Corll tortured, raped, and killed nearly 30 young boys from in and around the Houston area (though the real number is likely...

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  3. May 25, 2024 · Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already been ensnared by the charming older man, bribed with cash to help lure boys to Corll’s home.

  4. May 27, 2024 · For a while, Dean Corll — popularly known now as the "Candy Man" thanks to the candy factory owned by his family — was known as the most prolific serial killer in American history, as he's been credited with killing nearly 30 men between 1970 and 1973, alongside two teenage accomplices.

  5. 4 days ago · The hair belonged to ML73-3349, a teenage victim of Houston serial killer Dean Corll, who tortured and murdered 27 boys in the early 1970s. The body, along with those of two other Corll...

  6. May 15, 2024 · The Serial Killer's Apprentice — Ramsland, Katherine M., 1953- — Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already been ensnared by the charming older man, bribed with cash to help lure boys to Corll's home.

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  8. May 6, 2024 · But on August 8, 1973, he picked up a gun and shot Corll. When he turned himself in, Henley showed police where he and Brooks had buried Corlls victims in mass graves. Twenty-eight bodies were recovered―most of them boys from Henleys neighborhood―making this the worst case of serial murder in America at the time.

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