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Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. was a 15 -year -old gas station worker when he became a companion for the “Candy Man” serial killer.
Now 69, Henley Texas’s killer Dean Coral is serving life imprisonment for his share to help young victims torture and kill during the 70s. Henley is speaking in a new investigation Discovery (ID) True-Crime Documentary, “The serial killer of the serial killer”.
In the film, Henley had a clear conversation with the famous forensic psychologist Catherine Ramsaland, who studied his case. According to the network, this is the first time in decades when Henley is speaking in great detail about killings.
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According to the discovery of the investigation, Elmer Wayne Henley is talking openly about his crimes for the first time in 50 years. (Search for investigation)
Ramsaland told Fox News Digital that he believes Henley repentes for the crimes committed by him.
“When Wayne looks behind – and he doesn’t like – he is afraid,” said Ramsaland. “When we started talking, he would have bad dreams. He was suffering from PTSD for some time after going to jail for the first time. He hates that he was a part of it. He hates that it is what he has come.
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“I told the FBI … he is not really a serial killer because he did not have a motivational campaign for me,” Ramsaland said. “They just participated in it. So, technically, yes, he killed more than two people, but he did not want.”
Elmer Wayne Henley Junior interviewed Dr. Catherine was performed by Ramsaland. (Search for investigation)
According to Ramsaland, Henley grew up in a broken house in Texas. His grandmother raised him after his abusive father left the family. At the age of 14, she began working at a gas station to support her mother, who was struggling to end by raising her three younger brothers.
Henley left school to smoke marijuana one day when she met David Brooks, a big teenager who saw a lot of money without a job.
Dr. According to Catherine Ramsaland, Elmer Wayne Henley Junior grew up in a broken house and was eager to earn money. ,
“He thought,” how is this possible? Cut me over it, “Ramsaland said. “Brooks introduced him to his neighbor, Dean Coral, who then tells him about a system.”
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Dean Coral was known by the locals as the “Candy Man”, the owner of a sweet shop. (Houston Chronicle through Getty Image)
Corll was an activist of a Houston Electrical Company and former owner of Candy Store, who was known for handing sweets to the children. When Brooks brought a curious Henley to Coral’s house, the “Candy Man”, as known by the local people, made a proposal.
Dennis Davis gave his honor in the casket holding the remains of an unknown victim of Dean Coral in the early 1970s on November 12, 2009, Dennis Davis. (Michael Paisen/Houston through Chronicle Getty Image)
,[He] It tells him, ‘We raise the boys who are co -passengers and there is no place to go to them, and we [send] They for California. They become pool boys for some rich family. They make great, and we pay for it. This is a way to make $ 200 for you, “Ramsaland explained.
Many loved ones and friends of the victims were interviewed for the “serial killer of the serial killer” how the murders affected them for years. (Search for investigation)
“This is a lot of money for a child, a 15 -year -old child who is making peanuts in a part -time job at a gas station. And it seemed that no one was hurt.
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Henley told Coral that her mother knew where she was, and Ramsaland believes that Kadam saved her from being hunted.
After acquiring the trust of the coral, Henley, who was eager to make money fast, raised a young hiccup.
Elmer Ven Henley Junior sits and stars further. He and David Brooks helped young boys to woo serial killer Dean Coral. (Getty image)
“Coral kills [the hitchhiker]Not in front of [Wayne]But he said to him, ‘That man died, and you were a part of that, and now you have to do what I say.’ Wayne could go to the police, but he thought, ‘One who is going to believe me, a child against an adult? And I do not even know where this body is. I do not even know what he did. I did not make a witness to this. I can’t take them anywhere. ,
“Coral also said that this was a syndicate of smugglers who were looking at all the time,” Ramsaland said. “If anything happened to them, they would come for Wayne. … They did not think they had a way.”
Dean Coral torture Board which was found in his house. (Search for investigation)
Between 1970 and 1973, young boys and teenagers mysteriously disappeared in Houston Heights, National Center for Missing and Exloid Children [NCMEC] revealed. Despite the increasing number of missing reports made by parents, the disappearance was often brushed by the police as a runway.
Items found at Dean Coral’s house. (Search for investigation)
No one was suspected that the “Candy Man” was behind the closed doors.
“Dean Coral was a sadist,” said Ramsaland. “He looked to torture the children. Whatever he does is one of the worst in the case of what he does. Sometimes he will keep them for two or three days, tortures them. They had this torture board in which he was pierced. He would put two children in it and fight them each other.
“Once, he had two best friends. He said,” Whoever will win. ” This was not true.
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“He was a hunter,” he said. “But he used the face of being a completely normal good boy, an elder brother who was helpful for everyone. He lived a double life that fooled a lot of people.”
Ellen Dramala, left, and her husband, James Dramala, a picture of son Stanton Dramala, who was the last known known victim in 1973 in 1973, in the competition killing by serial killer Dean Coral. Stantton was 13 years old. (Mary D. D. Jesus/Houston through Chronicle Getty Image)
CORLL harassed and killed at least 28 boys and youths between the ages of 13 and 20. Many bodies were then buried in remote places.
According to NCMEC, Henley and Brooks, who knew some victims as friends, were responsible for enticing many coral victims in their home under false promises of fun. The outlet said Henley later informed the police that Coral paid them $ 200 for each victim. Henley told Ramsaland that after killing his prisoners, he wore her clothes.
(L to R) Sindi Michchal, Sherly Loles and Barbara von, talk to the media, after the funeral services for an unknown victim of Dean Coral Mass Murders, who was buried in the Harris County Cemetery in the early 1970s. (Michael Paisen/Houston through Chronicle Getty Image)
The rule of terror ended in August 1973.
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Elmer Wayne Henley Junior covered his face after his arrest. (Search for investigation)
“Wayne brought a girl with another child,” Ramsaland said. “Coral forced all of them and said that he was going to kill them all. Wen persuaded him to leave and said he would help. … When the coral kept the gun down and left after the boy, the girl said something to Ven,” Are you not going to do anything about it? ,
This was CORLL that taught Henley to shoot. And when the coral came charging on him, Henley killed 33 -year -old with his gun.
Elmer Wayne Henley Junior High Island, leads law enforcement agents with a grass tibba on a beach in Texas, as they discover the victims. (Getty image)
Later that day, a shaking Henley took the police to the bodies of the victims. In three days, investigators found 16 bodies wrapped in plastic or sheets and buried in a collective grave. Most of the bodies were badly disintegrated, and their identity was unclear from time and elements, The Associated Press Informed The outlet stated that sorrow marks were seen in the conditions of the dead bodies.
Over the years, investigators were able to identify known victims.
Elmer Wayne Henley Junior covered his face while talking to reporters. (Getty image)
Henley quickly accepted direct participation in six murders and said he was struggling with his actions, but was feared to be killed by Coral.
Henley and Brooks were sentenced to life. Brooks died of complications from Kovid -19 in 2020.
Elmer Wayne Henley Junior waits in an officer’s car while the bodies were being recovered. Henley told the police that he shot Dean Coral on August 8, 1973 after hours of drinking and smelling glue. He is serving a life sentence. (David Nane/Houston through Chronicle Getty Image)
Ramsaland said that, based on many of his conversations and letters with Henley, he evaluated him both as a victim and a criminal. This is something that needs to study because “we are going to see it more,” he argued.
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Mass Murder suspected Elmer Wayne Henley Junior and David Brooks on High Island Beach, where officials were looking for bodies. (Jerry Click/Houston through Chronicle Getty Image)
“I don’t put [a person like this] Like the victims at any level, who were tortured and killed, “Ramsaland insisted.” In any way he is not a victim of that kind. But the victims come in all varieties, and I don’t think you can deny it. ,
Ramsaland believes that Henley is haunted by his actions.
The headline of a newspaper gives details about the murders committed by Electrician Dean Coral, with young partner David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley Junior, they are believed to have killed at least 27 boys. Coral was killed by Henley during a dispute, after which Henley confessed to the police about his role in the killings of adolescent boys and gave evidence about where the bodies could be found. (Getty image)
“She wanted to become a minister,” she said. “He doesn’t know what to think about himself.”
“The serial killer’s Apprentice” Premier on August 17 at 9 pm, Associated Press contributed to this report.
