Officers Believe They Know Names

by Houston (AP)

Police believe they know the identity of six of the eight persons whose bodies were found buried Wednesday night in a boat stall in southwest Houston. Elmer Wayne Henley 17 led police to the boat stall Wednesday after saying he shot and killed Dean Arnold Corll, 33, an electrician, during a paint sniffing party at Corll’s Pasadena home. Henley said that prior to the shooting Corll told him he had killed some people and buried them in the stall. Police believe six of the bodies will be identified as teenagers reported missing by their parents. They are Gregory Malley Winkle 15, James Stanton Dreymala 14, Marty Ray Jones 17, David Hilligiest 13, Charles Gary Cobble 17, and Frank Anthony Aguirra 18.

Like Henley, all but Dreymala lived in an area northwest of downtown Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hilligiest said their son, David, and his friend Gregory Winkle were last seen to May 1971 when they left for a beach outing. The Hilligiests said they hired a private detective, who reported that the boys were involved with drug pushers. The parents also said the detective told them the boys were last seen June 1971 at a beach house near Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula. Cobble’s father, G.T. Cobble, said his son and Marty Jones had left their homes last month and became roommates. The boys were last heard from when the fathers received telephone calls July 26 saying they were in deep trouble and needed $1,000. Marty’s father, K. R. Jones, said he felt the boys were involved with narcotics pushers. He said both boys said they would telephone again but never did.

Dreymala’s family reported he had been missing since Friday when he telephoned and said he was staying at an all-night party. Police said the boy was reported to have left his home on a red bicycle similar to one found in the boat shed. The Dreymala family lives In the Pasadena area. Josephine Aguirre said her son Frank was last seen when he left for work in March 1972. She said he was to have returned home about 10 p.m. that day but never did. She also said her son at that time was dating a teen-age girl police said was at Corll’s home at the time of a Tuesday night paint sniffing party.