Houston history: Prolific serial killer Dean Corll

Corll’s killing spree ended Aug. 8, 1973 when, during a violent fight at Corll’s home accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley fatally shot Corll multiple times with a .22 caliber pistol. It was then that Henley confessed to police all that he knew and led police to the graves of the dead. Jack Cato, a reporter for KPRC 2, accompanied Henley and police as Henley led them to a shed where he and Corll had buried some of the murder victims. Cato allowed Henley to call his mother on his telephone and captured the conversation on film. Henley is heard saying the words, “Mama, I killed Dean” into the receiver.