Dean Corll
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<table><tr><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/178/8499897_112001696158.jpg</td><td>Dean Corll was born 24 Dec 1939 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, [[Indiana]] the eldest child of electrician Arnold Edwin Corll (b. 1916) and his wife Mary Robinson. Dean's middle name has been given as "Arnold" but also as "Allen". His parents divorced in 1946 when he was six, 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 twice more, lastly in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007). | <table><tr><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/178/8499897_112001696158.jpg</td><td>Dean Corll was born 24 Dec 1939 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, [[Indiana]] the eldest child of electrician Arnold Edwin Corll (b. 1916) and his wife Mary Robinson. Dean's middle name has been given as "Arnold" but also as "Allen". His parents divorced in 1946 when he was six, 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 twice more, lastly in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007). | ||
| − | Dean's 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's 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.</td></tr></table> |
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. | 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. | ||
| − | After his death, it was revealed with help from his two accomplices, that Dean had began torturing and killing young boys about 1970, the official death toll stands at 27. Most of the bodies, 17, were found buried in his rented boat shed. Dean Corll is buried at Grand View Memorial Park in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. | + | After his death, it was revealed with help from his two accomplices, that Dean had began torturing and killing young boys about 1970, the official death toll stands at 27. Most of the bodies, 17, were found buried in his rented boat shed. Dean Corll is buried at Grand View Memorial Park in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. |
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