[The crimes] are considered to be one of the most insidious and sadistic serial killings not just in Houston but nationally. Now in his early 30s, Corll had also moved into a new apartment. [n 1] From the earliest days of the business, Corll worked day and night while still attending school. He was known for spending most of his time at the small candy factory that his mother owned, and he got along well with many of the neighborhood kids. [117][n 6] Brooks was not present at the time. They believed he gave the other children poisoned candy in an effort to cover up his crime. Hilligiest had been reported missing in the summer of 1971; the other two boys had been missing for just two weeks. Henley is still serving his sentence in Texas and will next be eligible for parole in 2025. ", "Murder Mystery: Houston Serial Killer 'Candy Man's' Last Victim Still Not Identified", "Forensic Anthropologist 'Digging' for Answers to 37-Year-Old Murders", "Houston Family Notified Son a Victim of Slaying", "The Charley Project: Norman Lamar Prater", "Texas Police Hunting More Bodies at Beach", "New Victim Discovered in Decades-Old Candyman Serial Killing Case", "Filmmakers May Have Discovered New Victim of 1970s Mass Murders", "Mass Murder Victims Linked with Sex Ring", "Henley Attorneys to Fight Court's Psychiatric Exam", "Alleged Homosexual Ring Found Inside a Raid on Apartment in Dallas", "Real Horror: Local Filmmaker Brings the Horrific Crimes of Dean Corll to the Silver Screen", "Dean Corll Biopic, In a Madman's World, Finally Gets a Release Date", "Investigation Discovery Reveals Who Is Most Evil with Leading Forensic Psychologist Dr. Kris Mohandie On Sunday, December 7", "Mindhunter Season 2 Episode 4 Recap Netflix Series", "The Evidence Room, Episode 9: The Candy Man's Henchmen", "Episode 1: "The Candyman": The Inside Story of Dean Corll", the identity of Corll's only unidentified victim, The Houston Mass Murders: What Really Happened, strongly believed to belong to Houston Mass Murders case, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_Corll&oldid=1150047385, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2023, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Brooks was convicted of one murder and received a life sentence as well. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Nonetheless, from June, Corll's rate of killings increased dramatically, and both Henley and Brooks later testified to the increase in the level of brutality of the murders committed while Corll resided at Lamar Drive. On that day, Henley had lured two teens Tim Kerley and Rhonda Williams to Corlls home. Dean Corll with Elmer Wayne Henley, his 17-year-old accomplice in several murders, in 1973. These bodies were recovered between 12:05p.m. and 8:30p.m.,[173][174] and all were in an advanced state of decomposition. The Violent End Of The "Candy Man" Killer YouTube Dean Corll in 1973, months before he was shot to death by his 17-year-old accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley. The retrial lasted nine days, with Henley's attorneys again calling no defense witnesses and again attacking the credibility of Henley's written confession. [188], At the time, the killing spree was the worst case of serial murder, in terms of the number of victims, in the United States, exceeding the 25 murders attributed to Juan Corona, who had been arrested in California in 1971 for killing 25 men. [72][73], Henley later stated that, for several months, he ignored Corll's offer, although he did maintain an acquaintance with Corll and gradually began to view him as something of a "brother-type person" whose work ethic he admired and in whom he could confide. [CDATA[// >