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| − | Dean Corll was born 24 Dec 1939 in Fort Wayne or in Waynesdale, 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 that year his father joined the army. They remarried again in 1950 and moved to Pasadena, a suburb of Houston, Texas, but divorced again in 1953. In addition to Dean, they had a younger son Stanley. Dean's mother then met and married "traveling clock salesman Jake West" (''River of Blood'', p 91) and either they had a daughter, or he had one a previous marriage (or both as variously reported) (see E of M, "Corll") Dean's father Arnold, married twice more, lastly in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007). | + | Dean Corll was born 24 Dec 1939 in Fort Wayne or in Waynesdale, 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 that year his father joined the army. They remarried again in 1950 and moved to Pasadena, a suburb of Houston, Texas, but divorced again in 1953. In addition to Dean, they had a younger son Stanley. Dean's mother then met and married "traveling clock salesman Jake West" (''River of Blood'', p 91) and either they had a daughter, or he had one by a previous marriage (or perhaps both as variously reported) (see E of M, "Corll") Dean's father Arnold, 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's mother began making extra money manufacturing candy and running a candy store, where Dean helped out. "Dean helped his mother in the candy business from the time he graduated high school in 1958 until 1960, when he went to Indianapolis to take care of his widowed grandmother. When Dean came back to Houston in 1962, Mary had set up a candy production facility in her home and turned her garage into a candy store. Dean became second in command in his mother's candy business and lived in an apartment over the garage. He made candy at night, while during the day he brought in a regular salary with Houston Lighting and Power." ("Dean Corll", Bardsley) About the "grandmother" Howard and Martin state that she was his stepfather Jake's elderly mother. | <table><tr><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/178/8499897_112001696158.jpg</td><td>Dean's mother began making extra money manufacturing candy and running a candy store, where Dean helped out. "Dean helped his mother in the candy business from the time he graduated high school in 1958 until 1960, when he went to Indianapolis to take care of his widowed grandmother. When Dean came back to Houston in 1962, Mary had set up a candy production facility in her home and turned her garage into a candy store. Dean became second in command in his mother's candy business and lived in an apartment over the garage. He made candy at night, while during the day he brought in a regular salary with Houston Lighting and Power." ("Dean Corll", Bardsley) About the "grandmother" Howard and Martin state that she was his stepfather Jake's elderly mother. | ||
