O'Bryan lived with his wife, Daynene, in Deer Park, Texas, with their son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (born 1969). O'Bryan worked as an optician at Texas State Optical in Sharpstown, Houston. [1] He was a deacon at the Second Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir and ran a local bus program. [1] [2] [3]

Mar 30, 1984 · HOUSTON -- The ex-wife of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, awaiting execution for poisoning his son, said Friday she believes her former husband is guilty and his death will give her 'a brand new...

Nov 1, 2024 · Ronald Clark O'Bryan took his son and daughter trick-or-treating through a Pasadena neighborhood on October 31, 1974. The boy later started convulsing and died.

Timothy was the 8-year old son of Ronald Clark O'Bryan (The Candy Man). He was murdered by his father with cyanide-laced Pixie Stix in a scheme to collect on a $40,000 life insurance policy. O'Bryan apparently was willing to go further, passing the poisoned Pixy Stix to at least four other children, including his 5-year-old daughter, Elizabeth.

Oct 28, 2021 · Breckenridge Texan Publisher Tony Pilkington takes a look back at his coverage of the execution of convicted child killer Ronald Clark O'Bryan, aka the Candy Man, who killed his own son on Halloween night in 1974.

Oct 31, 2016 · On a rainy Halloween night in 1974, the children of Deer Park, Texas were out knocking on doors. Ronald Clark O’Bryan, an optician, was out too, watching over his kids—eight-year-old Timothy...

Oct 25, 2018 · On October 31, 1974, O’Bryan and his family — wife Daynene; son Timothy, 8; and daughter Elizabeth, 5 — had dinner with Jim Bates, his wife, and their children. When they finished up, O’Bryan and his two kids joined Bates and his little boy on a hunt for candy.

Oct 22, 2020 · Ronald Clark O'Bryan, known as the "Candy Man," leaves court in Houston, Texas, September 30, 1982, after being sentenced to die by lethal injection on Halloween, exactly eight years after he poisoned his 8-year-old son with a cyanide-laced treat.

Nov 12, 1974 · Ronald Clark O'Bryan indicted on Nov 11 for cyanide poisoning of his son Timothy, 8, and for attempted murder of daughter Elizabeth, 5, Kimberly Bates, 11, her brother Mark, 8, and Whitney...

Oct 30, 2016 · After dinner, the two dads left the house, escorting three children — Bates’ son and O’Bryan’s son and daughter — out into a drizzly night for the annual candy hunt. One house along the route...