Elmer Wayne Henley

Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. is a convicted American serial killer, incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system. Henley was convicted in 1974219 for his role in a series of murders in Houston, Texas, between 1970 and 1973 in which a minimum ofteenage boys were abducted, tortured, raped and murdered by Dean Corll. Many of the victims were lured to Corlls home by Henley or Corlls other teenage accomplice, David Brooks. Corll was shot dead by Henley, thenyears old, on August 8, 1973.

Henley was born May 9, 1956, in Houston, Texas, the eldest of four sons born to Elmer Wayne Henley, Sr. and Mary Henley . His father was an alcoholic and a wifebeater who also physically assaulted his sons. His mother was nonetheless protective of her children and strove to ensure her children received a good education and stayed out of trouble. The couple divorced in 1970 when Henley was 14. Henleys mother retained custody of her four sons.

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