Elmer Wayne Henley assisted Dean Corll in killing six of his 28 victims Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

The quest to understand what makes serial killers tick is a whole industry. But what about someone like Elmer Wayne Henley Jr.? While he's a convicted serial killer, it's impossible to know if he ever ...

Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. was a 15-year-old gas station worker when he became an accomplice to the "Candy Man" serial killer. Now 69, Henley is serving a life sentence for his part in helping Texas ...

HOUSTON — Elmer Wayne Henley, one of Houston's most notorious serial killers, will stay in prison where he's serving six life sentences. The state parole board denied Henley's bid for parole on Friday ...

Elmer Wayne Henley, convicted for his involvement in one of Southeast Texas' most notorious crime sprees, has been denied parole, according to KPRC-TV in Houston. KPRC-TV reported Friday that the ...

The phrase “Elmer Wayne Henley is Houston’s most prolific living serial killer” is a sentence that requires an asterisk at the end big enough to bury six bodies. Henley is a rarity in the world of ...

Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., an accomplice to Texas serial killer Dean Corll, is speaking out for the first time in 50 years in a new ID documentary titled 'The Serial Killer's Apprentice,' premiering ...

Henley shot and killed Corll in August 1973, and was later given six life sentences for his role in the murders Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. could have been one of Dean Corll’s many victims. Instead, he ...