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Joseph Allen Lyles

Case from Houston, TX dated Feb 24, 1972

Victim Details

Joseph Allen Lyles

Male

White / Caucasian

Houston

TX

1972-02

17

Joseph

Allen Lyles

08/22/2026

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In the winter of 1973, a 17-year-old male named Joseph Allen Lyles vanished from Houston, Texas. His disappearance on February 1st of that year would remain a mystery for decades, a painful void for his family who had no answers. Lyles was an acquaintance of a man named Dean Corll and lived on the same street as one of Corll's teenage associates, David Brooks. This proximity proved to be fatal. Lyles had reportedly visited Corll's apartment before, and on that February day, he was seen being "gr ...
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