Thanks for clarifying the sex part i was just going off what the other person claimed, i hadn't heard it. I didn't say Rhonda giggled i said she misinterpreted the situation until Wayne fired the gun because she was so drugged up.
He threatened to beat Henley up, and we actually have accounts of Henley being the last saw with both of them. That's including Charles who did not do that to Henley not that it would be justification for murder.Brooks was the one always attacking Henley, who actually significantly covered for Brooks. When talking abt the crimes Henley mostly talks about his own role and Corll's, Brooks is like a footnote. I had a friend who talked to Henley and he was very secretive abt Brooks but answered other questions. The only really horriblehe said abt brooks was that he wanted to rape girls, which can't be proved which is why I'm guessing he said that.
Brooks and Henley were told by Corll to pick kids who wouldn't be missed. Sometimes they took kids they disliked, like Marty Jones in Henley's case and Randy Harvey in Brooks. But with Jones, he did not beat Henley up or embarass him lol, they just had an argument about something that was very loud.
All the sources contradict. Many of them rehashed and sourcing from journalists' fertile imaginations.
You seem to have half read all the reports on Henley and Brooks and that final night. You can read about what actually happened from all the statements, Jack Olsen's book and Ramsland's. Rhonda hurt her foot but that was a few days or weeks before that final night. She actually had a fight with her abusive father and Henley showed up to cheer her up as did another friend. She decided she wanted to run away. In Ramsland's book and the Vargas letters Henley talk about how he and Brooks would bring girls over a lot or group of boys, because Corll would not try to capture a boy if they were outnumbered and he felt uncomfortable around women. Corll specifically asked Henley to bring Kerley that night, it's in his statement. Henley said he didn't want to and by then he was close to breaking down, so he brought Rhonda there as a spontaneous move to keep Corll from hurting Kerley and also so that he could help Rhonda. To him, it was a win win situation. In Ramsland's book, it was stated by Henley and his mom that Corll was planning to take Henley to Dallas but he was killed b4 he could.
I was agreeing with you mostly, but we don't know what Henley and Jones were arguing about, just that they had an argument. It is in Olsen's book. Jack Olsen's to be specific. It's obviously not a justification for murder, it just made it easier for Henley to choose Jones and Cobble. I'm sure in his mind he thought it was better than picking random kids.
Henley mentions Dean tricking him handcuffing him in a similar way that Gacy did to his victims. That's almost certainly what he's referring to. Henley also becomes far less reliable the further we get from his initial statements for obvious reasons.
That's an incredibly generous reading, it sounds a lot more like he used Dean as a personal hitman.
Jones was the only kid Henley lured who he had a grudge with lol, many of the kids were random strangers or already affiliated with Corll. For example, Corll handpicked Mark Scott to die.
And? Why would you need more than one example? Henley is picked on by kid known as local bully (which is all over newspaper accounts, Marty's death was by far the most justified by the public), said kid and his friend is last seen with Henley,, Corll brutally rapes and murders both. It's incredibly generous to read that any way but revenge on Henley's part. It's very clear you take Henley in incredibly good faith and give him a lot of benefit of the doubt and i don't understand why.
Brooks didn't ever refute Henley's claims in fact here's a quote from Brooks statements: I don’t know how involved with Dean Henley immediately became but eventually they became close friends and Henley became involved with Dean sexually to some extent, but I don’t know how much.
What.....I literally despise Henley and Brooks. I don't trust half of Henley's statements about the murders for various reasons but calling it revenge is a stretch. He chose Jones and Cobble because of the argument but he was so on drugs and high during those days I highly doubt he was thinking all that deeply about anything. Henley was at his most vicious on Schuler Street, on Lamar Drive he was getting sick of Corll's
. Interesting fact, while leading cops to the bodies, Charles Cobble and Marty Jones were the first ones he cried over because they were in the boatshed. It is in Olsen's book.Henley's had a group of kids who he hung out with that he protected but after his affiliation with Corll a lot of ppl started looking down on him because they thought he was turning tricks and he was drinking all the time. It's in lise Olsen's book. Most of the kids he himself lured were strangers or casual acquaintances bc he could charm them but the dude was using touch with reality at Lamar drive. I'm really not excusing Henley tho, I honestly think he should've gotten the death penalty. But Ramsland reported that when she first talked to him he told her not to diminish his responsibility until she made him see Corll's manipulation. He also apparently started having panic attacks the more questions she asked. I think his pathetic "I only did it to please dean" mantra is some sort of psychological defense mechanism. If only he felt bad enough to hang himself.
Brooks first statements were in the first few days before he got a lawyer. The only ppl who thought the kids deserved it were the cops. Because they wanted to cover their asses. Brooks admitted that seeing Billy Lawrence die did not bother him bc he saw it so many times. To his credit tho, he did say it hurt him to see Lawrencenaked and bloody on Dean's bed. But he even said in his statement that he didn't participate in torturing a victim because "he had someplace to go." He tried to push most of the blame on Henley, who he originally lured to be killed. He lured a kid to Dean named randy Harvey bc he stole his stereo. Neither Henley nor Brooks were worse than the other they're both equally evil but I'm sure in their minds they think they were just making the best out of a bad situation. I think Brooks definitely felt remorse but he didn't want to face consequences and constantly tried to undermine his role, way more than Henley ever did. In fact Henley protected him by not mentioning him in his first statements to police and only started talking abt brooks once he showed up at the station.
Did Rhonda say she and Henley were having sex or dating? I know of several occasions where both said they had a sibling relationship and I assumed Henley was faithful to Lisa, that's what he claimed in the Vargas letters.
I really don't think he planned on raping Rhonda. Like don't get me wrong Henley is horrible but it doesn't line up with the facts. Henley brought her there as a spontaneous move and he could've raped her when Corll tried to pressure him too, or he could've killed Rhonda and Tim after killing Corll to cover his tracks. Ramsland's and Jack Olsen's book explain what happened and there was no ulterior motives towards Rhonda imo other than him bringing her along to shield Kerley. It was in his very first statements. He and Kerley both wept near Corll's body b4 he called cops.
I think the way this photo is labeled Mike and Garry Mitcham are the two dark haired guys with facial hair standing on the middle L and R and then top row is Wendy Brooks and Bill Dobe (can't see rest of his last name?) Bill is the one on the top row which is when I read your post the young man I though you were asking about in the striped pants and boots. Mike and Garry do look like brothers to me
So you think some anecdotal insights are valuable but that it's unwise to come to a well thought out conclusion (for example Henley's SA at Corll's hands) with other anecdotal information?
