[117][n 6] Brooks was not present at the time. [101][n 5]. 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. [5] Kerley and Williams lay beside Henley, securely bound with nylon rope, gagged with adhesive tape, and lying face down on the floor. What made Corll's crimes all the more shocking was the fact that he was helped by two teenage accomplices one of whom would eventually shoot Corll dead. He was murdered in 1970. [222] Henley's attorneys again attempted to have Henley's written statements ruled inadmissible. [122] Corll was furious that Henley had brought a girl to his house, telling him in private that he had "ruined everything". Henley is still serving his sentence in Texas and will next be eligible for parole in 2025. Forensic scientists subsequently deduced that the youth had died of asphyxiation caused by manual strangulation and a cloth gag that had been placed in his mouth. This brand of cord was the same type used to strangle and bind the bodies of many of his victims. [62] In each of these abductions, Brooks is known to have been a participant. Corll then tied Brooks to his bed and assaulted the youth repeatedly before releasing him. The two bodies that Henley had insisted were still buried on the beach may have been those of Scott and Lyles. Later in the evening, Henley awoke to find himself bound and gagged alongside Kerley and Williams who were also restrained. But while Corll started to torture Kerley, Henley grabbed Corll's gun and shouted: "I can't go on any longer! [16][36] He worked in this employment until the day of his death. Scott was tied to the torture board and suffered the same fate as Aguirre: rape, torture, strangulation, and burial at High Island Beach. One of the victims during that time was 15-year-old Michael Baulch Henley had previously murdered his brother, Billy, who'd worked at the Corll Candy Company. Ridinger was tied to the plywood board, tortured, and abused by Corll. Corll offered Henley the same $200 per boy deal he'd made Brooks. He was in the process of sexually assaulting them when suddenly Brooks walked in. Ridinger testified that at Corll's home he was tied to the torture board and assaulted repeatedly by Corll before he was released. Police also learned that on the morning after Timothy's death, O'Bryan had called his insurance company to inquire about collecting the policies he had taken out on his son. [197] Two more teenagers were identified in 1983 and 1985; one of whom, Richard Kepner, also lived in Houston Heights. [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. [35], At the time, men sentenced to death under Texas law were confined to the Ellis I Unit near Huntsville, Texas. Horrifically, Corll sometimes forced them to write postcards to their families to say that they were okay. Known as "Candy Man," Dean Corll raped, tortured and murdered at least 27 young men in the Houston, Texas area between 1970 and 1973. [68] The identities of both of these victims remain unknown. At some point, Corll briefly returned to Indiana to care for his widowed grandmother. This is how he got his name Candy Man or the Pied Piper. 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. [16], In February 2012, a picture was released to the news media of a likely unknown victim of Corll. His first known victim was Jeffrey Konen, an 18-year-old student who was hitchhiking from Austin to Houston. "[217], The jury deliberated for 92 minutes before finding Henley guilty of all six murders for which he was tried. Some accounts state Branch was abducted in February 1972. 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. One intended victim managed to escape with his life and eventually decided to join the killers. "[134] As Corll clambered off Kerley, Henley elaborated: "I can't go on any longer! [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. One month later, on April 20, he assisted Corll and Brooks in the abduction of another youth, a 17-year-old named Mark Scott. '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. 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. In 1960, at the request of his mother, Corll moved to Indiana to live with his widowed grandmother. Dean looked up and he was surprised. O'Bryan continued to maintain his innocence. He died of COVID-19-related complications at a Galveston hospital on May 28, 2020, at the age of 65. An 81-year-old man survived being stuck in a snowbank for nearly a week by eating only candy, croissants and biscotti. [77] The identity of this first victim Henley assisted in the abduction of remains unknown. [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. As for Dean Corll, his legacy remains infamous as ever and hes remembered as one of the most notorious serial killers in Texas history. "Its unconscionable what Brooks was responsible for. You know he was in on it. [228] Successive parole applications dating from July 1980 have been denied. Jerry Jouret was determined to make the drive . He was also observed digging in waste ground that was later converted into a parking lot. [178][179], Brooks gave a full confession on the evening of August 9,[180] admitting to being present at several killings and assisting in several burials, although he continued to deny any direct participation in the murders. William DeLong is a freelance wordsmith. [128] Henley calmed Corll, promising to participate in the torture and murder of both Williams and Kerley if Corll released him. Timothy had trouble getting the powdered candy out of the straw so O'Bryan helped him loosen the powder. 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. Wikimedia CommonsDean Corll briefly served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1965. [124] His mouth had been taped shut and his ankles had been bound together. So he started getting up and he was like, Youre not going to do anything to me.'. 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. [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. Konen was hitchhiking when Corll picked him up his body was discovered bound and violated three years later, buried at High Island Beach in Texas. But Corll had stayed behind in Houston because he had found a new job as an electrician. [38] That date was also postponed. The 33-year-old was dubbed the Candy Man because he gave children free sweets from his family's confectionery business. Some of them were runaways or troubled youths. To buy Brooks silence, Corll bought him a Corvette. [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]. If Henley's statement is to be believed, the victim was abducted from the Heights in February or early March 1972. [287], This unidentified victim was found buried near the entrance to the boat shed between the bodies of Steven Sickman and Ruben Haney, whereas the bodies of the victims killed between December 1970 and May 1971 were found buried at the rear of the shed. 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. Then, discover how some of historys most infamous serial killers finally met their end. [189], Families of Corll's victims were highly critical of the HPD,[190][191] which had been quick to list the missing boys as runaways who had not been considered worthy of any major investigation. The couple identified two of the men as Corll and Henley. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) No known victims were killed between February 1 and June 4, 1973. [86], During the time Corll resided at Schuler Street, the trio lured a 19-year-old named William Ridinger to the house. On September 13, 2010, DNA analysis was able to confirm that the unidentified victim known as ML73-3378 was actually Michael Anthony Baulch, who had incorrectly been identified as case file ML73-3333: the second victim unearthed from the boat shed. [17], O'Bryan initially told police that he could not remember which house he got the Pixy Stix from. SAY his name five times into a mirror and the Candyman a ghost with a hook for a hand will come and kill you. A new luxury high-rise near the . Brooks said at least one victim was kept alive and restrained for four days before finally being killed. "[143][144], In PPD custody, Henley was initially questioned about the killing of Corll. [58] An electrical cord with alligator clips attached to each end was buried alongside Yates's body. After listening to over six hours of testimony from various people, on August 14, the jury initially indicted Henley on three counts of murder and Brooks on one count. [3][5][26] O'Bryan's wife maintained that she did not know about the insurance policies on her children's lives. He (Henley) started to take a step inside (the boat shed), but then his face just turned ashen, pale, grim he staggered around outside the door. The image depicts a blond-haired teenage youth in handcuffs, strapped to a device upon Corll's floor, alongside a toolbox known to contain various instruments Corll used to torture his victims. A+E Networks EMEA is an amalgamation of A+E Networks UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Nordics, Benelux, Spain and Africa. [13], Timothy's death from poisoned Halloween candy raised fear in the community. Young, Jeremy Woodworth, Eric Fleising, Seth Leighton Hale. [64], As had been the case with parents of other victims of Corll, both sets of parents launched a frantic search for their sons. She named Dean Corll the vice president and his younger brother the secretary-treasurer. 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. Brooks showed no emotion as the sentence was passed, although his wife burst into tears. Prater was last seen by his mother in Dallas in the company of an adult male and two teenage youths with shoulder-length hair; he had previously lived in the same neighborhood as most of Corll's known victims and had attended the same high school as Henley between 1970 and 1971. [30], In 1967, Corll befriended 12-year-old David Owen Brooks,[16] then a bespectacled sixth grade student and one of the many children to whom he gave free candy. I just killed a man! [6], Before bed, Timothy asked to eat some of the candy he collected, and according to Ronald, he chose the Pixy Stix. But like many family members of Dean Corlls victims, they received little help from the Houston Police Department when their sons went missing. Henley gave a verbal statement; stating he initially had believed the boys he had abducted were to be sold into a Dallas-based organization for "homosexual acts, sodomy, maybe later killing,"[147] but soon learned Corll was himself killing the victims procured. 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. Both youths were buried at High Island Beach. [185] That afternoon, both Henley and Brooks accompanied police to High Island Beach, leading police to the shallow graves of two victims. [4][16] According to a pathologist who tested the Pixy Stix, the candy consumed by Timothy contained enough cyanide to kill two adults, while the other four candies contained enough to kill three to four adults. [208], Other incriminating testimony came from police officers who read from Henley's written statements. O'Bryan then gave his son Kool-Aid to wash away the taste. [4] Corll's father was strict with his children, whereas his mother was markedly protective of both her sons. Houston Police officer Karl Siebeneicher describing Henley's actions upon leading police to Corll's boat shed on August 8. [308], During a routine investigation in February 1975, the HPD discovered a large cache of pornographic pictures and films depicting boys as young as eight, most of whom were from the Heights. According to official military records, Corll's period of service in the army was unblemished. [298] The suspicion is that Corll began killing much earlier than 1970 and had been abusing youths prior to this date.[299]. classes in school. In response, Corll pounced on Aguirre, pushed him onto the table, and cuffed his hands behind his back. [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. [22]: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,[152] an electric motor with loose wires attached,[153] eight pairs of handcuffs, a number of dildos, thin glass tubes, and lengths of rope. [9][10] Timothy immediately began to complain that his stomach hurt and ran to the bathroom where he began vomiting and convulsing. 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. 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. How deadliest ever female sniper 'Lady Death' shot dead 309 Nazis & defeated every man she faced during World War 2. Who are Dylann Roof's parents Franklin and Amelia? Inside the lakeside log cabin owned by Corll's family, police found a second plywood torture board, rolls of plastic sheeting, shovels, and a sack of lime. [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. "[309], 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. Its a standard trope in true-crime lore that a serial killers depravity can be traced back to some kind of horrific childhood event. personnel." Brooks agreed to the sick offer and quickly got to work. Dean Corll with Elmer Wayne Henley, his 17-year-old accomplice in several murders, in 1973. As Dean Corll abused Brooks, he was also on the lookout for other victims to rape and murder. Williams then asked Henley: "Are you going to do anything about it? The following morning, Hembree was accidentally shot in the mouth by Henley,[95] with the bullet exiting through his neck. Dean Corll was born in 1939 into a contentious family; his parents divorced, remarried and divorced again while he was still a child. Detective David Mullican, recollecting the Houston Mass Murders, April 2011. 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. [n 2], During the years in which he abducted and murdered his victims, Corll often changed addresses. This execution is one of those wrongs yet doesnt mean our whole system of justice is wrong. 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