"The Candyman Murders"

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KTRK ABC13 Houston
11/16/2021

In the ABC13 Texas True Crime episode The Candyman Murders, Jessica Willey took viewers inside the stomach-turning Candyman mass murders, terrifying a city and shocking the nation at a time before the term "serial killer" was ever coined.

At least 28 victims and countless loved ones left grieving, a dedicated anthropologist who spent years bringing the victims home and is still searching for answers for the final unidentified victim, and the big question nearly 50 years later: are there more bodies out there?

A new search for possible victims was underway at the time the story aired.

The piece also had the blessing of the only victim's parents who are still alive.

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Submitted by Britt Guarglia.