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The Waldrop brothers’ father, Everett, a burly, divorced construction worker, later told the Houston Chronicle that he filled out missing persons reports at the police department, then “camped...
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- The Early Life of Dean Corll
- How Dean Corll Became The “Candy Man”
- The Heinous Crimes of The “Candy Man” Killer
- Why The Victims’ Desperate Parents Got Little Help from The Police
- The Violent End of The “Candy Man” Killer
- The Aftermath of The Houston Mass Murders
It’s a standard trope in true-crime lore that a serial killer’s depravity can be traced back to some kind of horrific childhood event. But based on what’s known about Corll’s early life, it’s tough to pinpoint such an incident. Dean Corll was born in 1939, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His parents reportedly never had a happy marriage, and they would oft...
In the mid-1950s, Dean Corll’s mother and stepfather started a candy company called Pecan Prince, initially working from the family garage. From the very start, Corll played a crucial role in the company. While his stepfather sold the candy on his sales route and his mother managed the business side of the company, Corll and his younger brother ope...
As Dean Corll abused Brooks, he was also on the lookout for other victims to rape — and murder. According to Texas Monthly, Corll killed his first recorded victim in September 1970. By this point, Corll’s mother had divorced a third husband and moved to Colorado. But Corll had stayed behind in Houston because he had found a new job as an electricia...
Though Dean Corll tried to target vulnerable and at-risk youths, many of his victims had loving parents who were desperately trying to find them. One of Corll’s victims, Mark Scott, was 17 years old when he disappeared on April 20, 1972. His frantic parents quickly reported him missing after calling classmates, friends, and neighbors to see if they...
After nearly three years and 28 known murders, Dean Corll turned on Elmer Wayne Henley on August 8, 1973. On that day, Henley had lured two teens — Tim Kerley and Rhonda Williams — to Corll’s home. Williams was the only girl known to have been targeted during the murder spree, but Henley later insisted that he wasn’t planning on attacking her or Ke...
After killing Dean Corll, Henley quickly called the police to confess what he’d done. He and Brooks soon made official confessions stating their involvement in the crimes and offered to show police where the victims were buried. (However, Brooks denied actively participating in the murders.) Within a week, investigators recovered 17 bodies from mak...
Mr. Everett Waldrop and the general appearance of his older son, and coupled with his description of the boys' clothing at the time of their disappearance and his sorting of the clothes in the Harris County Morgue at approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 11, 1973, when he positively identified the
Everett Waldrop, the father of Donald and Jerry Waldrop, complained that shortly after his sons had disappeared in 1971, he had informed police an acquaintance had observed Corll burying what appeared to be bodies at his boat shed.
Mr. Everett Waldrop and the general appearance of his older son, and coupled with his description of the boys' clothing at the tine of their disappearance and his sorting of the clothes in the Harris County Morgue at approximately 3: 00 p.m. on August 11, 1973, when he positively identified the
(Studio) 2 victims were sons of Everett Waldrop. Waldrop talks with reporters about Houston police department. REPORTER: John Chancellor. (Atlanta, Georgia) [WALDROP - criticizes police department for allowing murders to continue over 3 year period, possibly longer. Calls Henley suspect an animal. No punishment could be called justice.
When Everett Rufus Waldrop was born on 8 July 1930, in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, his father, William Clark Waldrop, was 63 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Henry, was 31. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Inez Hendrix.
