Incarcerated Houston serial killer & 'Candy Man' accomplice has a Facebook page

Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, sits in an officer's car while bodies were being recovered on Aug. 9, 1973. Decades later, he's resurfaced via a Facebook page. Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, sits in an officer's car while bodies were being recovered on Aug. 9, 1973. Decades later, he's resurfaced via a Facebook page. Photo: David Nance, Houston Chronicle Photo: David Nance, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 35 Caption Close Incarcerated Houston serial killer & 'Candy Man' accomplice has a Facebook page 1 / 35 Back to Gallery

Notorious Houston serial killer, and accomplice to the "Candy Man", Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. has a Facebook page that is drawing outrage from locals.

Henley, who has been imprisoned in Texas for more than 40 years, is currently serving six life sentences for his involvement in one of this city's most horrific crimes.

Henley was detained in 1973 after police were led to the site where he, his friend David Brooks and Dean Corll had buried at least 28 boys. The trio raped, tortured and murdered victims from 1970 to 1973, a series of killings that's now known as the Houston Mass Murders.

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Corll, dubbed the "Candy Man" for luring in boys with candies from his family's business, was murdered by Henley in 1973, shortly before Henley was apprehended.

Decades later, Henley has now resurfaced thanks to a Facebook page that he may be directing through another person.

Posts on Henley's Facebook page include photos of handwritten notes: a list of books and a three-page letter describing his life in prison. There are also photos of Henley's art and jewelry. A link to a Texas-based website lists the items as priced from $40 to $400.

One of Henley's posts reads:

Hatred is corrosive. Whether it is hatred of things or others or even oneself. Hatred eats at your insides and rusts your soul. Turn from hatred and choose to see beauty and love. This is not to say to look at life through rose colored glasses but to consciously acknowledge good.



It's likely Henley is providing the content for these posts with the help of someone he talks to or writes to frequently.

"Offenders do not have access to the Internet," Texas Department of Criminal Justice public information director Jason Clark says. "We've reached out to Facebook to let them know that we believe that a third party is operating a Facebook page for an offender, and I've asked them to take it down."

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A Facebook representative hasn't responded to Clark's request, and an official review is being conducted. Clark notes that it's possible Henley may be providing content for the page.

Clark explains, "Offenders have the ability to mail letters out to individuals, so it could be that he's mailing letters to this person and this person is updating the page to make it appear as though that offender is updating the page."

Update: As of Thursday morning, Facebook reached out to Jason Clark, director of public information at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and notified him that the page would be removed.