relatives to accompany him to Dean’s parties, clearly realising that the man could not kill in front of witnesses. He was sufficiently desperate to visit the local Methodist minister twice, talking about unhappy aspects of his family life.
In April he quit his job in asphalt paving and thereafter took casual employment. But he usually had money in his pocket, money provided by Dean.
Burn out
By thirty-three Dean was drinking as heavily as Wayne and had developed high blood pressure, unusual for a man ofhis age who was only slightly overweight and active. Acquaintances noticed that he was becoming increasingly agitated and he talked about getting married to a long-term female friend and having a child. Then he changed his mind after phoning his mother who he hadn’t seen for five years. During a later phone-call he told her that he was contemplating suicide, but her religion made her believe in reincarnation and she told him that suicide was pointless as he’d have to go through the same lessons again in another life.
Deciding to teach yet another luckless boy a lesson, Dean asked Wayne to procure him a new male victim, but Wayne did the unthinkable and brought both a boy and a girl to Dean’s house.
Dean is murdered
It was 8th August 1973 when Wayne brought his friends to Dean’s party. Wayne fancied the girl, Rhonda, and had promised to help her run away from home. But Dean insisted on all-male parties and was so enraged at seeing the girl that he threatened to shoot them all dead.
Eventually he pretended to calm down and suggested they all sniff paint and get high. The teenagers did so, but when they lost consciousness Dean Corll tied them all up. Wayne revived to find himself strapped to the hellish plywood board. Dean was threatening to torture all three of them to death.
Wayne Henley now used all of the information he knew about Dean Corll to plead for his life. He reminded Corll of what they’d been through together and suggested the torture session would be much more inventive if two of them were doing the torturing. Eventually Dean agreed tothis on the proviso that Wayne raped the still semi-conscious Rhonda – who was tied up in the bedroom – whilst the other boy was strapped to a second torture board.
Wayne said that he would and Dean untied him. But, chivalrous in his own way, Wayne was unable to rape his female friend. Enraged, Dean now began to wave a gun about.
A struggle ensued in which Wayne got hold of the pistol and Dean dared him to use it. The teenager obliged and fired six shots into Dean Corll who was dead before he hit the ground. The trembling seventeen-year-old freed the unconscious captives then called the police, saying in his singsong voice ‘Y’all better come right now. Ah kilt a man.’
Investigating, the police found the torture boards and various thin white tubes plus the often-used seventeen inch dildo. They also found that Dean’s van had been made into a mobile torture chamber, with manacles set in the walls and a box with airholes which had clearly been used to keep captives in.
Neighbours told the police that Dean Corll was a good man who regularly attended church. He’d pretended to them that he was a widower so they’d assumed that Wayne Henley was his son and that the younger boys who entered the house were his son’s friends. But Wayne was now able to tell the police that Dean liked little boys and that he’d procured them for him. Being economical with the truth, he added that Dean had told him during their gunfight that he’d killed a few other boys.
For several hours the police did nothing with this information, assuming that Wayne Henley was hallucinating after his paint-sniffing session, but apoliceman who had a young male relative missing – and who knew that other boys were missing – suggested they check out his tale.
The police asked Wayne if he knew where the burial sites were and he took them to the boat shed first and they began to dig up the
In April he quit his job in asphalt paving and thereafter took casual employment. But he usually had money in his pocket, money provided by Dean.
Burn out
By thirty-three Dean was drinking as heavily as Wayne and had developed high blood pressure, unusual for a man ofhis age who was only slightly overweight and active. Acquaintances noticed that he was becoming increasingly agitated and he talked about getting married to a long-term female friend and having a child. Then he changed his mind after phoning his mother who he hadn’t seen for five years. During a later phone-call he told her that he was contemplating suicide, but her religion made her believe in reincarnation and she told him that suicide was pointless as he’d have to go through the same lessons again in another life.
Deciding to teach yet another luckless boy a lesson, Dean asked Wayne to procure him a new male victim, but Wayne did the unthinkable and brought both a boy and a girl to Dean’s house.
Dean is murdered
It was 8th August 1973 when Wayne brought his friends to Dean’s party. Wayne fancied the girl, Rhonda, and had promised to help her run away from home. But Dean insisted on all-male parties and was so enraged at seeing the girl that he threatened to shoot them all dead.
Eventually he pretended to calm down and suggested they all sniff paint and get high. The teenagers did so, but when they lost consciousness Dean Corll tied them all up. Wayne revived to find himself strapped to the hellish plywood board. Dean was threatening to torture all three of them to death.
Wayne Henley now used all of the information he knew about Dean Corll to plead for his life. He reminded Corll of what they’d been through together and suggested the torture session would be much more inventive if two of them were doing the torturing. Eventually Dean agreed tothis on the proviso that Wayne raped the still semi-conscious Rhonda – who was tied up in the bedroom – whilst the other boy was strapped to a second torture board.
Wayne said that he would and Dean untied him. But, chivalrous in his own way, Wayne was unable to rape his female friend. Enraged, Dean now began to wave a gun about.
A struggle ensued in which Wayne got hold of the pistol and Dean dared him to use it. The teenager obliged and fired six shots into Dean Corll who was dead before he hit the ground. The trembling seventeen-year-old freed the unconscious captives then called the police, saying in his singsong voice ‘Y’all better come right now. Ah kilt a man.’
Investigating, the police found the torture boards and various thin white tubes plus the often-used seventeen inch dildo. They also found that Dean’s van had been made into a mobile torture chamber, with manacles set in the walls and a box with airholes which had clearly been used to keep captives in.
Neighbours told the police that Dean Corll was a good man who regularly attended church. He’d pretended to them that he was a widower so they’d assumed that Wayne Henley was his son and that the younger boys who entered the house were his son’s friends. But Wayne was now able to tell the police that Dean liked little boys and that he’d procured them for him. Being economical with the truth, he added that Dean had told him during their gunfight that he’d killed a few other boys.
For several hours the police did nothing with this information, assuming that Wayne Henley was hallucinating after his paint-sniffing session, but apoliceman who had a young male relative missing – and who knew that other boys were missing – suggested they check out his tale.
The police asked Wayne if he knew where the burial sites were and he took them to the boat shed first and they began to dig up the
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