"Living less than a mile away from Corll in the snazzy Chateaux Dijon apartment complex, which offered six swimming pools and all-day water volleyball games, was the well-known Houston bachelor George W. Bush, who was then driving a Triumph sports car, chasing women, and flying jets for the Texas Air National Guard."
http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-lost-boys/
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bopper ago
You mean when Corll originally lived in the Heights area of Houston (north but still inside loop 610)? Haven't read the article. Cause later he was in Pasadena (suburb) when he killed the kids. I watched them dig some of the graves out on High Island, my brother was nearly snatched by Henley. Edit: OK I see where the apts. were where Bush lived, that period of his life is covered by author Russ Baker, I believe he met Laura there. I'm longtime Houstonian.
Henley has an "app or whatever you wanna call it" and he would like to visit w/ all who support him. He sells paintings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtOp44FQM38
BigDickDaddy ago
Damn, that's a hell of a connection to the ordeal. How old were you?
bopper ago
Just out of high school. By description (white van, scruffy Henley, beach location, lonely dark highway) my brother and a friend ID'd him ... were walking and Henley asked em if they wanted a ride. They saw inside the van, plastic and shovels, dirt, they declined.
Drove out to High Island middle of the night w/ a girlfriend cause I was a thrill-seeker and got to see all the digging equipment etc. Then I did what I do best, flat ran out of gas, in my new Pinto w/ the girl. Not a good feeling to pound on someone's door asking for gas around this time. Got some from a guy's motorboat and headed back home.
Then there's connections to Bush (nothing major) ... and NASA ... it's kind of like Los Angeles, everybody knows somebody in showbiz. And when you own a biz you get a lot of different clients and meet a lot of interesting people.
BigDickDaddy ago
Interesting. Thanks for the reply.
carmencita ago
6 Swimming pools and water vollyball all day? What a magnet for kids. That is highly suspect, knowing what we know about how they like living near and in areas that will attract children.