The Dean Corll Affair

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1. After Dean’s parents divorced when he was six years old, he was mainly raised by his mother from then on. True False

2. Dean was diagnosed with what physical aliment in his younger years that prevented him from ever taking part in athletic activities? Poliomyelitis Asthma Heart murmur Scoliosis

3. By what moniker was Corll known in his neighborhood? The Garbage Man The Milk Man The Candy Man The Mail Man

4. What was the name of an adolescent accomplice who acquired victims for Corll? Harvey Louis Carignan Robert Montgomery Bird Elmer Wayne Henley William George Bonin

5. Who was the other partner in crime accredited for introducing The Candy Man to Henley in the first place? David Brooks Luke Woodham Graham Young Peter Manuel

6. The majority of victims were teenage boys from what low-income neighborhood of Houston, Texas? The Harbor The Hills The Heights The Hollow

7. The police went to the boat shed where Henley claimed Corll buried the bodies of the boys he’d murdered. They dug and soon reached a layer of lime. They burrowed more and uncovered a carcass. How many bodies did they eventually uncover in the boat shed? 7 37 27 17

8. Wayne Henley told detectives of yet another place Corll disposed bodies. The count then rose to twenty-seven after more had been unearthed, making Dean Corll the most prolific American serial killer of the time. Who, with twenty-five known victims, did Corll exceed? Richard Ramirez Pedro Lopez Juan Corona Raymond Fernandez

9. Wayne Henley claimed he shot Dean Corll in self-defense since he and David Brooks were fearful that they’d ultimately become victims themselves because Corll’s incessant need for victims had been intensifying. True False

10. What was Dean Corll’s official occupation prior to his demise? Plumber Electrician Carpenter Policeman