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Serial Killer Elmer Wayne Henley in 1973...
Serial Killer Elmer Wayne Henley in 1973...
Item # 725497
August 15, 1973
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 15, 1973
* Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks arrested
* Houston Mass "Candy Man" Murders - Dean Corll
* Escape of 20 yr. old victim Billy Ridinger testifies
* Dead teenage boys found increases in toll
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Texas Toll of Boys Rises to 27 In Nation's Biggest Slaying Case" Coverage continues inside with photo of Corll. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with all 56 pages, nice condition.
background: On August 14, 1973, the Houston community was in the grip of a gruesome revelation as a grand jury began formal proceedings into the Dean Corll serial murders, with Billy Ridinger emerging as a pivotal witness who narrowly escaped the "Candy Man's" grasp. While the bodies of 27 victims were being recovered from locations like the High Island beachfront and a Southwest Houston boat shed, Ridinger—only 15 years old at the time—testified about his harrowing experience of being abducted and held captive by Corll and his accomplices. His survival was an anomaly in a case defined by its total lack of mercy; he was reportedly spared only because accomplice David Brooks intervened, a rare moment of hesitation that allowed Ridinger to later provide the prosecution with firsthand details of the trio's predatory tactics. This specific date marked a transition in the tragedy from a frantic search for the missing to a formal legal reckoning, as Ridinger’s testimony helped solidify the state's case against the surviving teenage accomplices, Henley and Brooks, just days after the death of Corll himself.
Category: The 20th Century
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