The Candy Man
af Martin Elleby Berg, 1.D

Dean Corll, when he was in the military

Dean Corll was an American serial killer from 1970 to 1973, known for having raped, tortured and killing approximately 28 teenage boys in Houston, Texans, along with two companions, David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. Corll was born December 24, 1939 where he grew up in a divided family. He was in military in the 50’s and in the late 60’s, he became friends with Brooks and Wayne. They killed 28+ boys, aged between 13 and 20. The boys were mostly abducted from Houston Heigh, which is a poor neighborhood in Houston. Many of the victims knew each other; two of them actually were former employees of the Corll Candy Company, Corlls’ previous firm. He was best-known by the name ‘The Candy Man’, because he gave children free candy to lure them.

Elmer Wayne Henley pictured at age 41

Corll was shot and killed by Henley August 8, 1973 and therefore never got a trial. The two other men, who were involved, killing the youngsters along with Corll, were only teenagers when they met Corll in 1970. But at the time they were arrested, they were adults and could therefore get prosecuted and convicted for the murders, they were involved in. Henley was given 6 times life sentence, which I think is pretty fair, because many of the groups victims knew Henley and trusted him. He and Brooks also lure many of the boys to Corll's house.

If Corll had been caught, I would have gave him a long life sentence rather than a dead sentence, because no man, no matter how bad he or she has acted, deserves to die in a chair. I think it’s a double moral act, to kill someone, who has killed.