Jonathan Levy
Ms. Scharff
Forensics 1H
1 November, 2017
The Candyman
Dean Arnold Corll was born on December 24, 1939 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His mother worked as a candy entrepreneur, and his father was an electrician. Growing up, he experienced many problems with regards to his family. Though neither of his parents abused drugs or alcohol, they did have many marital problems, without mentioning how his father would beat him for wrongdoing. At age 6, his parents divorced, causing him and his brother Stanley to spend more time with baby-sitters and school teachers than with either of their parents (SOURCE). Later in his early childhood, Dean was also found to have a heart condition, causing him to miss a lot of school. He was known as an average
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In 1962, when he was 23, he flew back to Houston, and two years later he was drafted in the army. Being drafted in the army could have been a huge influence to the distorted mind he soon had. Additionally, During his time in the army, it is suspected this is where he realized his homosexuality, which will become important to why he only attracted male victims. His mother divorced her second husband when he was 25/26, and soon, three years later, remarried another man, which would only last a few …show more content…
Around the time he got this job, he is first seen having severe personality shifts, which is just after his 30th birthday. This is also the time when he started to become friendlier with the male neighborhood kids. Since his family used to own a candy shop, he would give them candy as a friendly gesture, hence how he got the notorious name, the Candyman. He found 2 guys that he seemed to like a lot, Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks, who he eventually moved in with. Together, they lived in a Pasadena apartment, just south from Houston. This home, 2020 Lamar Drive, would soon become a slaughter house for Corll and his friends. But, initially, his friends did not know about this. His first murder occurred around early 1970, where he lured a University of Texas student to his house, and murdered him. At this point, he knew this would continue, so he decided to get his two new roommates to help him. He offered each of them $200 for each victim they brought to his house for him to kill (Source). But, they would rather have got involved. The three of them became the infamous trio, where the killed over 27 young boys within the span of 2