Elmer Wayne Henley, once an accomplice in a series of brutal killings in Houston that shook the nation, will continue to see the world from behind bars. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles delivered their decision not to grant parole to Henley, who in the 1970s helped Dean Corll, also known as “The Candyman,” in the torture and murder of at least 28 boys. According to Click2Houston, Henley’s parole has been denied multiple times, and he will not be eligible to request it again until 2035.
Henley, now 69, has been in prison for several decades and was seeking to be released on medical parole in 2022, a bid that was denied by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The board’s most recent denial to even consider letting Henley walk free underlined the severity of his actions from years gone by. Their decision was informed not solely by the sheer brutality of the crimes but by the repeated condemnation from the families of the victims. In a report from KHOU, one such family stated, “He does not deserve to have any compassion for his illness. He showed Stanton and at least 27 other young boys no basic humanity for their lives.”
Andy Kahan of Crime Stoppers of Houston has been a vocal advocate for keeping Henley behind bars, emphasizing the convicted killer’s role in luring unsuspecting victims to Corll’s house. In a statement obtained by Click2Houston, Kahan said, “Henley was the one, as we like to say, who found Corll’s victims and then basically lured them to Corll’s house under pretenses of getting food, candy, beer, marijuana.”…