They would then be restrained either by force or deception, and each was killed either by strangulation or shooting with a. Ĭorll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses he resided in between 19. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. Dean Arnold Corll (Decem– August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men between 19 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.