Dean Arnold Corll, Houston, Texas, USA

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Background information

Birth name: Dean Arnold Corll
Also known as: The Candy Man
Born: December 24, 1939(1939-12-24)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Died: August 8, 1973(1973-08-08) (aged 33)
Cause of death: Shot to death by accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley

Killings

Number of victims: 27-29+
Span of killings: September 25, 1970–August 3, 1973
Country: United States
State(s): Houston, Texas

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Victims

The known victims of Dean Corll — all of whom had been killed by either shooting, strangulation, or both — that have been identified by police:1970

* September 25: Jeffrey Konen, 18. A student at the University of Texas abducted while hitchhiking to Houston. He was buried at High Island beach.
* December 15: Danny Yates, 14. Lured with his friend James Glass from an evangelical rally by David Brooks to Corll's Columbia Street apartment.
* December 15: James Glass, 14. An acquaintance of Corll who also knew David Brooks. He and his friend were strangled before being buried in Corll's boatshed.

1971

* January 30: Donald Waldrop, 15. Vanished on his way to visit a bowling alley. According to Brooks, Donald's father, who was a builder, was working on the apartment next to Corll's at the time Donald and his brother were murdered.
* January 30: Jerry Waldrop, 13. The youngest of Corll's victims. He and his brother were strangled and buried in Corll's boatshed.
* March 9: Randell Harvey, 15. Disappeared on his way home from his job at a gas station; he was shot in the head and buried in Corll's boatshed. Remains identified October, 2008.
* May 29: David Hilligiest, 13. One of Henley's earliest childhood friends; he was last seen alongside his friend Malley Winkle climbing into a white van.
* May 29: Gregory Malley Winkle, 16. A former employee of Corll Candy Company and boyfriend of Randell Harvey's sister. He disappeared on his way to visit a local swimming pool.
* August 17: Ruben Watson, 17. Left his home to visit the cinema on the afternoon of August 17. He later called his mother to tell her he was spending the evening with Brooks. He was gagged, strangled and buried in Corll's boatshed.

1972

* February 9: Willard 'Rusty' Branch, Jr. 17. The son of a Houston Police officer whose father died of a heart attack in the search for him; Branch was buried in Corll's boatshed. Remains identified July, 1985.

Billy Gene Baulch, Jr. Murdered May 21, 1972.

* March 24: Frank Aguirre, 18. Aguirre had been engaged to marry Rhonda Williams, whose presence in Corll's house sparked the fatal confrontation between Henley and Corll. He was strangled and buried at High Island beach.
* May 21: Johnny Delone, 16. A Heights youth who was last seen with his friend walking to a local store. He was shot in the head, then strangled by Henley.
* May 21: Billy Baulch, 17. A former employee of Corll Candy Company. Baulch was strangled by Henley and buried at High Island beach.
* October 2: Wally Jay Simoneaux, 14. Vanished on his way to spend the night with his friend. He was strangled and buried in Corll's boat shed.
* October 2: Richard Hembree, 13. Last seen alongside his friend in a white van parked outside a Heights grocery store. He was shot in the mouth and strangled at Corll's Westcott Towers address.
* November 12: Richard Kepner, 19. Vanished on his way to call his fiancee from a pay phone, he was strangled and buried at High Island beach. Remains identified September, 1983.
* December 22: Mark Steven Scott, 17. A friend of both Henley and Brooks who was killed at Corll's Schuler Street address. He was strangled and buried in the boatshed. Remains identified January, 1994.

1973

* February 1: Joseph Lyles, 17. An acquaintance of Corll who lived on the same street as Brooks. He was seen by Brooks to be "grabbed" by Corll at Wirt Road and was subsequently buried at Jefferson County beach.
* June 4: Billy Ray Lawrence, 15. A friend of Henley who phoned his father to ask if he could go fishing with "some friends." He was kept alive by Corll for four days before he was killed and buried at Lake Sam Rayburn.
* June 15: Ray Blackburn, 20. A married man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana who vanished while hitch-hiking from the Heights to see his newborn child. He was strangled at Corll's Lamar Drive residence and buried at Lake Sam Rayburn.

Homer Garcia, aged 15: murdered July 7, 1973.

* July 7: Homer Garcia, 15. Met Henley while both youths were enrolled at a Bellaire driving school. He was shot in the head and chest and buried at Lake Sam Rayburn.
* July 12: John Sellars, 17. From Orange, Texas. Sellars was shot and buried at High Island beach. He was the only victim to be buried fully clothed.
* July 19: Michael 'Tony' Baulch, 15. Corll had killed his older brother Billy the previous year. He was strangled and buried at Lake Sam Rayburn.
* July 25: Marty Jones, 18. Jones was last seen along with his friend and flatmate, Charles Cobble, walking towards Corll's apartment in the company of Henley.
* July 25: Charles Cary Cobble, 17. A school friend of Henley whose wife was pregnant at the time of his murder. His body, shot twice in the head, was found in the boatshed.
* August 3: James Dreymala, 13. Disappeared while riding his bike in South Houston. He last called his parents to tell them he was at a "party" across town.

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Wayne Henley outside Corll's boatshed on August 8, 1973. He is seen here phoning his mother to confess to having shot Corll.



Police begin to excavate Corll's boatshed on August 9, 1973.



Wayne Henley (left) and David Brooks (right, in handcuffs), pictured on High Island beach on August 13, 1973.

Victim


Homer Garcia, aged 15: murdered July 7, 1973.


Mark Scott, aged 17. Scott was a close friend of both Henley and Brooks. He was murdered December 22, 1972.


Corll's 'torture board'; found at his Lamar Dr. residence Aug. 8, 1973.

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