caption country states birth_place penalty birth_date victims beginyear birthname image article_title endyear name apprehended
elmer in 1997 . wayne henley , jr. pictured at age 41 united states texas houston , texas life imprisonment -lrb- 6 life terms -rrb- 09 may 1956 6 -lrb- convicted -rrb- march 24 , 1972 elmer wayne henley jr. . henleyaged41in1997.jpg elmer wayne henley
 july 25 , 1973 elmer wayne henley jr. august 8 , 1973
elmer wayne henley

elmer wayne henley , jr. -lrb- born may 9 , 1956 -rrb- is a convicted american serial killer , incarcerated in the texas department of criminal justice -lrb- tdcj -rrb- system .
henley was convicted in 1974 for his role in a series of murders in houston , texas between 1970 and 1973 in which a minimum of 28 teenage boys were abducted , tortured , raped and murdered by dean corll .
many of the victims were lured to corll 's home by henley or corll 's other teenage accomplice , david brooks .
corll was shot dead by henley , then 17 years old , on august 8 , 1973 .
henley is serving six life sentences for his involvement in what came to be known as the houston mass murders , which at the time were characterized as `` the deadliest case of serial murders in american history '' .
