Serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley asks for compassionate release
Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., now 66, in a recent mug shot on the left, and at age 17 in 1973 on the right Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. — the man convicted of helping Dean Corll murder at least six of the at least 28 teenage boys that Corll murdered in Houston — has asked the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole for compassionate release from prison, according to a report by Texas Observer.
Henley, who ended the killing spree in August 1973 by shooting Corll to death then calling police, is currently serving six consecutive life sentences.
Henley was last denied parole in October 2015 and is not scheduled for another parole review until October of 2025. The crimes of Corll, Henley and another teenage accomplice, David Brooks, are still known as the Houston Mass Murders; the term “serial killer” had not yet been coined at the time.
The murders were, at the time, considered the “worst example of serial murder in the U.S.,” according to Wikipedia. Dean Corll, left, shortly before he was killed by Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., and Dean Brown at age 18 in 1973 Officials have said they cannot comment on the conditions under which Henley is asking for compassionate release because such medical information is confidential.
