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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

‘Candy Man’ serial killer’s last unidentified victim is seen in new image 50 years after mass grave discovered

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

A new sketch of the last known victim of the notorious “Candy Man” serial killer Dean Corll has been released 50 years after he was discovered in a mass grave.

For decades, the young man whose mutilated body was found in belted brightly-colored swim trunks has only been known as “Swimsuit Boy” or “John Houston Doe” – but now officials are hoping the new sketch will finally be able to give the victim his name back.

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