John Manning Johnny Sellars was 17 when he was killed on July 12, 1973, in Pasadena, Texas. He is listed among the victims of Dean Corll, who, with teenage accomplices Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks, abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered multiple teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in the Houston and Pasadena area.

Sellars was shot four times in the chest and buried at High Island Beach. His body was found on August 13, 1973, during the second day of digging at the beach. He was the only victim recovered fully clothed, wearing a yellow shirt and blue jeans. The broader series of murders came to light after Henley, then 18, called police on August 8, 1973, and said he had shot and killed Corll in self-defense, leading investigators to the buried victims.

Henley and Brooks were later charged with multiple counts of murder for their roles in procuring victims, participating in killings, and burying bodies. Does anyone have memories of Johnny Sellars or information about his life before July 1973?