Dean Arnold Corll December 24, β August 8, was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted , raped , tortured and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight teenage boys and young men between and in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. 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. 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 and They would then be restrained either by force or deception, and each was killed either by strangulation or shooting with a.
Corll and his accomplices buried seventeen of their victims in a rented boat shed; four other victims were buried in woodland near Lake Sam Rayburn , one victim was buried on a beach in Jefferson County , and at least six victims were buried on a beach on the Bolivar Peninsula.
Brooks and Henley confessed to assisting Corll in several abductions and murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment. 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. Their marriage was marred by frequent quarreling and the couple divorced in , four years after the birth of their younger son, Stanley Wayne Corll.
Corll was a shy, serious child who rarely socialized with other children, but at the same time displayed concern for the wellbeing of others. As a result of this diagnosis, Corll was told to avoid P. Corll's parents attempted reconciliation and remarried in , subsequently moving to Pasadena, Texas , a suburb of Houston ; however, the reconciliation was short lived and, in , the couple once again divorced, with the mother again retaining custody of her two sons.
