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'''Dean Corll''' (1939-1973), serial killer

Dean Corll was born 24 Dec 1939 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, [[Indiana]] to Arnold Edwin Corll (b. 1916) by his wife Mary Robinson.  Dean's middle name has been given as "Arnold" and also as "Allen".  His parents divorced, and his mother took her two sons and moved to Houston, Texas, where she married a "salesman named West and the family moved to Vidor, Texas" (E of M, "Corll").  His father Arnold, also moved to Houston where he married in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007).

His mother began making extra money manufacturing candy and running a candy store, where Dean helped out, until the business closed and she moved to Colorado.  In 1964 he was inducted into the army.  His mother married for a third time.   Dean stayed in Houston and trained to become an electrician, eventually working for Houston Power and Light.

Dean began torturing and killing young boys in the late 60s or early 70s, the official death toll stands at 27.

Dean Corll died by being shot six times on 8 Aug 1973 at his home in Houston, Harris County, [[Texas]], by 17-year-old Elmer Wayne Henley, a young accomplice.

==Primary Sources for 1==
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Arnold&gsln=Corll&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=26515845&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of Lafayette, Allen County, Indiana]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=TXmarriageindex%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Arnold&gsln=Corll&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=1&recid=2327611&recoff=1+3 Texas Marriage Collection], Arnold E Corll, age 53 to Mary Bearss, age 55, 18 Apr 1969 Harris County, Texas
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TXdivorceindex&so=2&rank=0&gsfn=Arnold&gsln=Corll&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416 Texas Divorce Index] Arnold E Corll, age 59 from Mary O , age 61 23 Jun 1975 Harris County, Texas
*Texas Death Index, Dean Corll, died 8 Aug 1973, Harris County
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=web-obituary%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Arnold&gsln=Corll&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=3054903&recoff=238+239 United States Obituary Collection] "Mary Bearss Corll, born 20 Aug 1913, died 14 Oct 2007", ''Polk County Enterprise'', 29 Oct 2007

==Secondary Sources for 1==
*[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/corll/index_1.html "Dean Corll: The Sex, Sadism and Slaughter of Houston's Candy Man"], from the Crime Library, By Marilyn Bardsley 
*[http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/dean_corll.htm "Dean Corll and the Houston Mass Murders"], by Charles Montaldo, crime.about.com
*[http://news.aol.com/story/_a/coroner-seeks-identities-of-killers/20080609091009990001?icid=1616058736x1203869747x1200411401 "Coroner Seeks Identities of Killer's Victims"], by Monica Rhor, 9 Jun 2008
*''The Encyclopedia of Modern Murder'', by Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman; Arlington House, New York (1988) : "Dean Corll"

==Further reading==
*''The Man with the Candy'', by Jack Olsen
*BGMI lists the following resources:
**The Directory of Infamy. The best of the worst: an illustrated compendium of over 600 of the all-time great crooks. By Jonathon Green. London: Mills & Boon, 1980. "Corll, Dean", d1973 Use the Index to locate biographies. (DrInf) Biography contains portrait. 
**World of Criminal Justice. Two volumes. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. (WorCrJu), "Corll, Dean" 1940-1973 
**Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 10: September, 1973-August, 1976. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1977. (BioIn 10). "Corll, Dean Allen", 1930-1973   
**Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988. (BioIn 15). "Corll, Dean Allen" 1939-  
**Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 23: September, 1997-August 1998. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1998. (BioIn 23). "Corll, Dean Allen"  1939-1973 
**Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century. Biographies and bibliographies of 280 convicted or accused killers. By David K. Frasier. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1996. (MurCaTw) "Corll, Dean Arnold" 1939-1973 

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