21 Bodies Unearthed; Nine More Could Be Found

by Houston (UPI)

Police found two more bodies today buried in three-foot-deep graves in an East Texas pine forest, raising to 21 the number of murder victims all believed young boys who were tortured, sexually abused and killed by a bachelor electrician and two teenaged assistants. The first two bodies found today were dug up near Broaddus, Texas on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn 125 miles north of Houston. Sheriff John Hoyt of San Augustine County said the two bodies found at the lake had been buried for about six weeks. They were wrapped in clear, plastic bags and covered with lime like most of the other victims discovered over the past three days.

One of the two teen-agers accused in the killings told police Thursday they will find about 30 bodies. If so, it would be the worst mass murder in U. S. history. Police pieced together a story of two boys from broken homes who hung around with the older man and thought of him as a substitute father. Police unearthed 17 of the bodies under a boat shed in southwest Houston. The other two bodies were found late Thursday north of Houston at an east Texas fishing resort on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn. Digging operations were ordered continued at this site today. In addition, police said there may be a third burial ground on an island off Texas Gulf Coast.

Parents Spend Thousands
Police think the killings took place during the past two years. One victim was believed to be a 13-year-old boy missing since 1971. His parents spent thousands of dollars in a search for him. Police learned of the killings when the electrician involved, Dean Arnold Cor11, 33, was shot to death by one of his teen-age friends at a paint-sniffing sex party Tuesday night. The boy, Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, called police after killing Corll.