The Brief<\/p>\n
Elmer Wayne Henley is under consideration for parole for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n
One of the victim’s family helped get a law passed that allows the board to only consider parole once every 10 years.<\/p>\n
A hearing is being held on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
HOUSTON – For the first time in a decade, Elmer Wayne Henley has been under consideration for parole.<\/p>\n
Victim’s family speaks out<\/p>\n
13-year-old Stanton Dreymala is Henley’s last known victim.<\/p>\n
He was riding his bike in his Pasadena neighborhood when Henley lured him to an unspeakable death.<\/p>\n
“He was 13 years old. He had barely started junior high,” said Stanton’s mother, Elaine Dreymala. “He had a bicycle he was proud of. He rode it everywhere.”<\/p>\n
After Stanton was murdered, the awful truth about what Henley and two others had done to 28 boys from 1970 through 1973 came to light.<\/p>\n
“He knowingly, intentionally marched over 20 young boys to an excruciating torturous death,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. “They were sexually tortured, they were beaten.”<\/p>\n
“Henley put a lot of damage into our family, and it’s been a difficult road,” said Stanton’s sister, Michelle Wilson.<\/p>\n
Elmer Wayne Henley considered for parole<\/p>\n
In 2015, Stanton’s parents and sister were instrumental in getting a new law passed. It allows the parole board to consider infamous killers like Henry for parole just once every 10 years.<\/p>\n
Now it’s once again time for Henley to be considered for parole. A hearing is set for Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“We have a life sentence, the three of us. Why should he have freedom after what he’s done,” said Stanton’s mother.<\/p>\n
“This man should be locked up in jail until the sun sets,” said Stanton’s father, James Dreymala. “I hope to outlive Elmer Wayne Henley just by a day. That’s what I want. I want to see him rot in jail. That’s my primary wish in life and I think I’m going to do it.”<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
The parole board is expected to have a decision by the end of the week.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
The information in this article comes from interviews with the family of Stanton Dreymala and Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Elmer Wayne Henley is under consideration for parole for the first time in a decade. One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17263,17260,17261,17262,27,29,28,17264],"class_list":["post-24207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-andy-kahan","tag-elmer-wayne-henley","tag-parole-board","tag-stanton-dreymala","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-victims-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}