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The Candy Man and The Houston Mass Murder's Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) known as the "Candy Man" or the "Pied Piper" due to having worked in a sweet shop, often giving out free sweets to children and allowing teenagers to hangout at the shop where he had a pool table. Between 1970 and 1973, Corll is known to have killed a minimum of 28 victims. All of his victims were males aged 13 to 20, the majority of whom were in their mid-teens. Most victims were abducted from Houston Heights, which was then a low-income neighborhood northwest of downtown Houston. With most abductions, he was assisted by one or both of his teenaged accomplices: Elmer Wayne Henley, and David Owen Brooks whom he would pay $200 per boy.  Several victims were friends of the two. Corll's victims were usually lured into either one of the two vehicles he owned. This enticement was typically an offer of a party and the victim would be driven to his house. At Corll...

The Candy Man and The Houston Mass Murder's Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) known as the "Candy Man" or the "Pied Piper" due to having worked in a sweet shop, often giving out free sweets to children and allowing teenagers to hangout at the shop where he had a pool table. Between 1970 and 1973, Corll is known to have killed a minimum of 28 victims. All of his victims were males aged 13 to 20, the majority of whom were in their mid-teens. Most victims were abducted from Houston Heights, which was then a low-income neighborhood northwest of downtown Houston. With most abductions, he was assisted by one or both of his teenaged accomplices: Elmer Wayne Henley, and David Owen Brooks whom he would pay $200 per boy.  Several victims were friends of the two. Corll's victims were usually lured into either one of the two vehicles he owned. This enticement was typically an offer of a party and the victim would be driven to his house. At Corll...