Dreymala was abducted by Brooks and Corll while riding his bike in Pasadena and driven to Lamar Drive upon the pretense of collecting empty glass bottles to resell. [69], In the winter of 1971, Brooks introduced Henley to Corll. 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. Once manacled, the victims would be sexually assaulted, beaten, tortured and, sometimes after several days, killed by strangulation or shooting with a .22 caliber pistol. In 1960, at the request of his mother, Corll moved to Indiana to live with his widowed grandmother. [8], Corll's parents attempted reconciliation and remarried in 1950, subsequently moving to Pasadena, Texas, a suburb of Houston; however, the reconciliation was short lived and, in 1953, the couple once again divorced, with the mother again retaining custody of her two sons. The real stories of Mindhunter season 2: Episode 4 - Netflix Life Aug 17, 2022 Still image from recent video of Elmer Wayne, Henley, Jr. KFDM 6 News Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr., who in the early 1970s was an accomplice of Harvey, who had been shot through the eye. [18][19] During this time, Corll formed a close relationship with a local girl, although he rejected a subsequent marriage proposal she made to him in 1962. This second trial was held in Corpus Christi,[221] with Henley again represented by defense attorneys William Gray and Edwin Pegelow. Buried in Houston, Texas, USA. [228] Successive parole applications dating from July 1980 have been denied. What did Elmer Wayne Henley do? Corll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses at which he resided between 1970 and 1973. [5] Kerley and Williams lay beside Henley, securely bound with nylon rope, gagged with adhesive tape, and lying face down on the floor. [22]:3661 A possibility exists that the earliest double murder victims were Glass and Yates; however, Brooks specifically described Glass as being killed in an altogether separate double murder from Corll's first double murder in his confession to police. Henley fired three additional bullets into his lower back and shoulder as Corll slid down the wall in the hallway outside the room where the two other teenagers were bound. In addition, Brooks only knew the location of Konen's body at High Island Beach because Corll had shown it to him. "[134] As Corll clambered off Kerley, Henley elaborated: "I can't go on any longer! [16], Corll graduated from Vidor High School in the summer of 1958. Corll stated he was burying spoiled candy to avoid contamination by insects. [157] Inside the boat shed, police found a half-stripped stolen car, a child's bike, a large iron drum, water containers, two sacks of lime,[5] and a large plastic bag full of teenage boys' clothing. In his call, Henley blurted to the operator: "Y'all better come here right now! [55]:25, About the time of Konen's murder, Brooks interrupted Corll in the act of sexually assaulting two teenage boys whom Corll had strapped to a four-poster bed. [230][231] Brooks is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Walker County. The only victim of the Houston Mass Murders yet to be identified. [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. [84] Before Corll vacated the address on June 26, Henley assisted Corll and Brooks in the abduction and murder of two youths named Billy Baulch and Johnny Delome. Corll was known to give free candy to local children,[22]:3651 in particular teenage boys. [33], Brooks' parents were divorced; his father lived in Houston and his mother had relocated to Beaumont, a city 85 miles (140km) east of Houston. [30] 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. His attorney, William Gray, cross-examined several witnesses, but did not call any witnesses or experts for the defense. [218] The following day, July 16,[55]:34 formal procedures to sentence Henley for the six guilty verdicts began, and on August 8, Judge Preston Dial ordered that Henley serve each 99-year sentence consecutively (totaling 594 years), and he was transferred to the Huntsville Unit to formally begin his sentence. [30], Former workers at 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. You know he was in on it. As Henley's claim that the victim known as ML73-3355 was not Scott has been proven to be correct, a strong suspicion remains that Scott's body remains buried on High Island. [56][57] Corll promised Brooks a car in return for his silence; Brooks accepted the offer and Corll later bought him a green Chevrolet Corvette. "[142], 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. Dr. Sharon Derrick is among those interviewed for the documentary. 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. The prosecution called dozens of witnesses, including Kerley and Ridinger. Henley said the first abduction he participated in occurred during the time Corll resided at 925 Schuler Street, an address he moved to on February 19, 1972. As with the two bodies found the previous day, both victims had been tortured and severely beaten, particularly around the head. He was responsible for the murders and sexual assaults of 28 boys and young males in the Houston area of Texas between 1970 and 1973. Corll's family opened a new shop, which they named Pecan Prince[17] in reference to the brand name of the family product. Lyles was known to both Corll and Brooks. Other acquaintances noted subtle changes in Corll's mannerisms when in the company of teenage males after he had completed his service and returned to Houston, which led them to believe he may have been homosexual. [37][20], Between 1970 and 1973, Corll is known to have killed a minimum of 28 victims. [5], Corll's Ford Econoline van parked in the driveway conveyed a similar impression. Moreover, the floor of the room where the three teenagers had been tied was covered in thick plastic sheeting. After finding the 26th and 27th bodies, tied together, at High Island Beach on August 13, the search for any further victims was terminated,[294] despite Henley's insistence that two further bodies had been buried on the beach in 1972. In a 2010 interview granted to investigative reporter Barbara Gibson, Henley disputed the 1993 identification of a victim buried in the boat shed as Scott and reiterated his claim that Scott had been buried at High Island "in the sand: As a result of Henley's claims, DNA tests on the body initially identified as Scott were again tested against samples of DNA taken from Scott's family. [30], Despite the revelations that Corll was, in reality, killing the boys he and Brooks had assisted in abducting, Henley nonetheless became an active participant in the abductions and murders. [15] Corll, however, reportedly hated military service; he applied for a hardship discharge on the grounds that he was needed in his family's business.

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