Kidnapping, raping, torturing and killing young men and boys
Goals:
To find a father figure by gaining the trust of Corll (failed) To manipulate and kidnap as many victims as possible to satisfy Corll's sexual perversions (succeeded, formerly). Cover evidence and keep loyal to Corll (formerly, partially succeeded) Kill Dean Corll and turn himself to authorities (succeeded)
Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. (May 9, 1956) is an American serial killer, currently serving his sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Henley was convicted in 1974 for his participation in a series of murders known as the Houston Mass Murders, at least 28 teenagers and young men were kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed by Dean Corll between 1970 and 1973. Henley and David Owen Brooks (another teenage accomplice of Corll), together and individually, cheated many of Corll's victims to take them home. Henley, 17, confronted and killed Corll with six shots on August 8, 1973, dying slowly.