Can you get untied?" Angel Maturino Resndiz (August 1, 1959 - June 27, 2006), aka The Railroad Killer/The Railway Killer/The Railcar Killer, was an itinerant Mexican serial killer responsible for as many as 15 murders across the United States and Mexico during the 1990s. These and similar statements led Dr. Pablo Stewart, a bilingual psychiatrist who evaluated Resndiz on two occasions in 2006, to conclude that Resndiz was not then competent to be executed as "delusions had completely taken over thought processes". And that was my chance. No one was stopping him. 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So the volume was huge, and you just started piecing the things together. And he got that moniker just by the fact that most of his murders happened in and around railroad tracks and that that was a mode of transportation that he used to travel across the country. It was surreal. Angel Maturino Resendiz was sexually and abused at some point of his life. Worried church members found the couple when they failed to turn up for Sunday service. Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. I'm going to be alive forever." Resndiz was pronounced dead at 8:05:p.m. CDT (01:05 UTC) on June 27, 2006. It's not fair that - that I'm still alive and that Chris isn't. But she did the opposite. ngel Maturino Resndiz was strapped to a gurney and executed by lethal injection on June 27, 2006 (per NBC News ). At the time, he had been tracked down to Mexico. Det. Resndiz was pronounced dead at 8:05p.m. CDT (01:05 UTC) on June 27, 2006. Resndiz confessed to these first two murders in September 2001, in hopes that doing so would speed up his execution. He would look - he'd look at everybody in there. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. He promised her that Resndiz would be granted personal safety in jail, regular visitation rights for his family and a psychological evaluation. He asked us for money. Drew Carter: I believe that his options were limited. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. tied to a tree, dead from strangulation. ngel Maturino Resndiz Alias The Railroad Killer The Railway Killer The Railcar Killer ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis (birth name) Rafael Resendez-Ramirez Jose Mengele Several others Gender Male Birth Date August 1, 1959 Place of Birth Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico Date of Death June 27, 2006 (aged 45) Place of Death Texas Executes 'Railroad Killer' Angel Maturino Resendiz Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A train-hopping serial killer linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country. Holly Dunn: It's important to me for victims to be supported. I mean, she basically, from his perspective, came back from the grave - to nail him. And my dad was like, "Yes, he is." Your brain works in amazing ways and it kind of sort of let me deal with each thing as I could. Devon Anderson, Harris County Prosecutor: The sense of urgency was - it was unbelievable because people were dying. A Harris County sheriff's deputy confers with accused serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz at the start of his capital murder trial for the murder of Dr. Claudia Benton on May 8, 2000, in Houston. She is the model of survivor. The writing, I found, really helped me deal with what had happened. Some also involved sexual *ault. Over an 18-month period, the INS detained the Railroad Killer nine times, but, hiding behind fabricated identities, Resndiz was voluntarily returned to Mexico on each occasion. He was 39 years old. And I was covered in blood. Shot in the head with a shotgun. Known as The Railroad Killer, Angel Resendiz killed at least 9 people, and is thought that he have taken more lives. And he just, like, reintroduced me to the world. There was not a shred of humanity about this man. Over the course of the following eight years, he continued traveling by train in the U.S., during which time, he killed at least a dozen people. I'm running. When I was speaking, I didn't have to worry about that. I tried to kick him. And we had no information as to where he was. I mean it just felt good to know that he would never be able to hurt anyone ever again. It's gotta be about convincing a jury to give him the death penalty, because he so richly deserved it and earned it. [1][2][3][4], By illegally jumping on and off trains within and across Mexico, Canada and the United States, generally crossing borders illegally, Resndiz was able to evade authorities for a considerable time. For me to be able to say, "You didn't destroy me." After having beaten two elderly women to death in their Texas and Georgia homes, Resndiz entered the Texas home of Claudia Benton late at night on Dec. 17, 1998. I was constantly running away from someone. I'm going to be alive forever." Angel Maturino Resendiz, left, confers with attorney Rudy Duarte. I remember there being an oddly high number of calls. And then I had to heal. My friend's still out there.". Just do not look at him.". It was held here in Houston. It became the first of his many entries into the United States. On June 21, 1999, he briefly became the 457th fugitive listed by the FBI on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list before surrendering to the Texas authorities on July 13, 1999. As a freelance writer, he spends his time writing about true crime. Resndiz took sentimental items and also laid out the victims' driver's licenses to learn about their lives. Drew Carter: Detective Sorrell called and we compared details about the cases. Craig Sorrell: Despite her - state, she was ready and willing to try and communicate what had happened to her. Devon Anderson: [Dr. Claudia Benton] had been sexually assaulted, stabbed, beaten in the head. 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Binding the terrified couples hands and feet and gagging Maier, Resndiz wandered off then came back with a large rock, which he dropped on Maiers head. ngel Maturino Resndiz was born on August 1, 1959 in Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. ngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. Devon Anderson: I knew I wanted Holly to testify last. March 23, Ocala, Florida: Jesse Howell and Wendy Von Huben: July, Colton, California: An unidentified transient, October 4, Hughes Springs, Texas: Leafie Mason, 81, December 17, Western University Place, Texas: Claudia Benton, 39, Fayette County, Texas: Josephine Konvicka, 73. He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. Craig Sorrell: Sometimes you don't always have the human picture, the actual human suffering. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Bipartisan Senate group unveils rail safety bill in response to Ohio derailment, What to know about Shigella bacteria as drug-resistant strain spreads, Top Dems push Fox News to stop promoting "propaganda" about 2020 election. In his final statement, Resndiz said, "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. I know the body is going to go to waste. But, at some point, I got up, and I realized that he was gone. He was the first guy that I dated after the attack. I wish I could've seen his face when he knew she was comin' to testify against him. Holly Dunn: I flew into Houston with my family the night before I was going to testify. I wanted to put him down. We had helicopters in the air to fly over various train tracks. Honestly. And then, of course, staples of where they could - just to stop the bleeding. He was tried for first-degree murder with damning evidence to back the charges up, found guilty and sentenced to death. As dread escalated across communities easily reachable by train, Resendez was placed on the FBIs 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Knives put all the way through the body, that's how much force was used. So it was an all out race then to try and figure out where he was and get hands on him. Holly Dunn: To know that he was doing it again, that he was more violent, that he was killing more people. ngel Maturino Resndiz (born ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis), a.k.a. I'm positive that he probably knocked me unconscious. On July 12, 1999, a Texas Ranger, Drew Carter, accompanied by Manuela and a spiritual guide, met up with Resndiz on a bridge connecting El Paso, Texas with Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua. I keep a little bit of a reminder on my desk. Don't give up. Von Huben's fiance. Holly gave that to Chris and all the others that had been murdered. Bludgeoned to death with a brick. Devon Anderson: After the trial, Resendiz was sent to death row in Huntsville, Texas. Angel Maturino RESENDIZ A.K.A. who suffered a childhood in Mexico marked by mental illness in his family and by appalling deprivation and abuse - was denied his internationally-recognized right to adequate . Some of the stolen items that had been removed from his victims' homes were returned by his wife and mother after his surrender. September 2, 2017 / 7:17 PM I don't think I knew what my injuries were. He also described himself as half-man and half-angel and told psychiatrists he could not be executed because he did not believe he could die. Watch Live: Closing arguments begin in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Watch Live: Garland testifies amid ongoing special counsel investigations, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. [5], Resndiz killed at least 15 people[6] with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. And not that he cared, because I don't think he did. He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. His attacks were distinctive for their brutal blows to victims heads, often caused by objects found in the victims own homes. On 12/17/1998 during the night in Houston, Resendiz killed an adult Hispanic female by beating her to death with a statuette from the victim's home. And when we got to an electrical box beside the tracks a man came out from behind it. All the murders took place near railroad tracks,. He'll be off to your left. Do you want credit cards? Craig Sorrell: As part of the search, there was actually a huge operation to stop trains. Left viciously beaten by a large object and suffering multiple facial fractures, Dunn became the lone survivor of the Railroad Killer. Det. Most of his victims were found covered with a blanket or otherwise obscured from immediate view. Today, we're delving into the saga of the railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz. We had split seconds in where - our attacker would go back up to the tracks and we were down in the grass. Marking the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book about her harrowing story. A bunch of Texas agencies participated. At the age of six, he was sent to live with his maternal uncle, who raped him, and was also sexually assaulted by a local pedophile. September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM Angel Maturino Resendiz in court. The sketch was the best thing we had and the DNA evidence, of course. I'm still strong. She is begging someone for her life, and you are you're sleeping. I won't tell anybody what happened here, just don't hurt me.". You know, "I will let you go. I testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. We learned that he had a variety of names. He killed two women in one day, 90 miles apart. And I hoped that he experienced some of the fear - that Holly did. Two days later, the Railroad Killer reentered Texas and savagely committed four more murders over the course of just 12 days. My whole life focus changed because of it. And we started walking along the tracks. No humanity. They took a motorcycle trip together, bringing a gun along to fire for target practice. At that point, I brought her in and set her down on the couch. He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. I mean, who knew? But me, as a person, I'm eternal. In de show kunnen overlevenden in hun eigen . Resndiz raped Dunn, who stopped struggling when he reportedly told her just how easy it would be for him to kill her. Holly Dunn: I was really trying to remember every detail about my attacker. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. And they still couldn't find him. And, eventually, I asked my dad, I just said "Chris is dead, isn't he." Police found her Jeep Cherokee in San Antonio with Resendiz' fingerprints on the steering column. I think, at that point, I went into survival mode. I thought she was going to die. Our last clue was Texas. Holly Dunn's belt lies discarded along the railroad tracks in Lexington, Ky. It's like somebody took a black magic marker and colored his eyes. Known victims . At the age of eleven, he ran away from home and spent some time living on the street, where he took up glue sniffing. I realized that my mouth wasn't shutting right. His last words were: "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. Four days later, he's in a different state. ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis was born in Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. Wikipedia article ngel Maturino Resndiz, A series of 16 podcasts released between October 2018 and February 2019 by British journalist Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale for AudioBoom en*led, "The Unbelievable Survival Story of Holly K Dunn" Episode 266, and "The Railroad Killer" Episode 268 of, List of people executed in Texas, 20002009, List of people executed in the United States in 2006, List of serial killers by number of victims, List of serial killers in the United States, The Rafael Resendez-Ramirez Case: A Review of the INS's Actions and the Operation of Its IDENT Automated Fingerprint Identification System (March 20, 2000) - U.S. Department of Justice, Geringer, Joseph. Here is a preview of "Sole Survivor," due out in November. Holly Dunn: They said, "Well, could you tell us what he's wearing?" And the pastor and his wife were murdered in their bed with a sledgehammer that was found in a tool room there at the house. Holly Dunn: I remember Chris in a lot of ways. I had to deal with Chris dying. Devon Anderson: It was early in the morning, and Drew was on one side of the International Bridge, waiting. She was covered in blood from head to toe. Drew Carter: At the time of his arrest, Resendiz was linked to six murders in Texas, two in Illinois and one in Kentucky. Resndiz took sentimental items and also laid out the victims' driver's licenses to learn about their lives. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Morber was shot to death with a shotgun and Frederick bludgeoned with that weapon. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. And, you know, really wouldn't judge me at all, which was great. Aug. 29, 1997 Christopher Maier, a 21-year-old junior at the University of Kentucky, killed as he and his 23-year-old girlfriend, were taking a shortcut from one party to another. You know, "I really have a family that wants to see me again." Resndiz continued riding the rails and committing murders across several states, with the ferocity of his attacks increasing with each stop. At the time of his arrest, Resendiz was suspected in nine slayings near railroad tracks in Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. I thank God for having patience in me. My lieutenant asked me to come out and said it was a bad one. Angel sent home $140 (pounds 90) a month, far more than the $6 a week the local nuns paid him for teaching English without a credential. Holly Dunn: They got to the moment in the trial when they say, "Is the person who attacked you in the courtroom today?" TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATTACKINTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, U.S. - MEXICO BORDER. Just feeling so thankful that she was alive and that she was there. That they're not going through what - what has happened to them alone. Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. In fact, over a 20-year period, Resndiz was deported or voluntarily returned to Mexico 17 times, having illegally entered the U.S. using a series of aliases. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Resndiz's ultimate fate, however, was decided by a jury, not Carter. That's when he took that weapon that he had, and he held it to my neck and he said, "Look how easily I could kill you." Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason and insanity and would convict him and sentence him to death. And that's kinda when I thought to myself, "Man, this is really gonna happen.". I don't deserve to cause you pain. Det. I thank God for having patience in me. I like to keep things around me that remind me of him. And it's gotta be about gettin' this guy dead. Supposedly the boyfriend of the previous victim. So be determined. But I just buckled down and just decided - it's gotta be about the victims. Resndiz surrendered to Carter. And I mean, I was so close to fainting when I looked at him again that I mean - I don't know how I didn't. Bludgeoned to death with an air hose coupling and left beside the railroad tracks. ngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. I don't want another case to prove up. Though not officially charged, Resndiz is considered the prime suspect in this case. ", And I tried to rip off my fingernails and dig in the dirt so that if I was taken away, someone would know that I had been there. So he's like the boogeyman coming into your house. And then, a pastor and his wife were killed in Weimar. Money was sometimes left at the scene. As the hour of the planned execution approached, Maturino Resendiz, who claimed he was an avenging angel and that he could not be killed, visited with his 7-year-old daughter and his mother.. The Church's beloved pastor and his wife were murdered in their home behind the church by Resendiz. Angel Maturino Resendiz. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. The intense manhunt for the railroad killer had intensified train car searches. And after ngel Maturino Resndiz escaped capture several times by being voluntary deportated back to Mexico, it would take the combined effort of an FBI task force and the Railroad Killers own sister to finally bring him to justice in 1999. The students were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. I wanna live it to the fullest. I couldn't get my feet untied. I knew that I was hurt. FBIResndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. Holly Dunn: I started speaking about two years after the attack. Resndiz said that he killed the man because the man was involved in black magic. Craig Sorrell: Somewhere around May or June of 1999, I got a call from ViCAP, which was the national database that we put the info in. In 1999, former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox, wary of the controversy miring the many confessions and recantations by serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, remarked of Resndiz, "I hope they don't start pinning on him every crime that happens near a railroad track. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. Dunn managed to free her hands at one point, but couldn't get her feet untied. Manage Settings Lexington, KY, Police DeptThe electrical box Resndiz hid behind before attacking Maier and Dunn. During this confession, he drew a map of the crime scene and claimed that he killed White because he was homosexual. Behind the scenes, Resndizs sister worked with Texas Ranger Drew Carter by encouraging her brother to give himself up. 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. And after two years, we hadn't had anything of substance anyway, so we chased any lead. On the night of Aug, 29, 1997, in Lexington, Kentucky, young couple Christopher Maier and Holly Dunn were walking along railway tracks back to a party near the University of Kentucky when Resndiz suddenly emerged from a crouched position behind a metal electrical box. The jury did find that he was a future danger to society. "This is what happened to me. I know the body is going to go to waste. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. He went through his backpack and didn't find anything that he wanted. Or her reason to help people. The two were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. And I decided to stay with my family, be surrounded by my family. A lot of people did not want to believe - you have to be crazy to do that to someone. Devon Anderson: And I wish I could've seen his face when he heard that someone was living. "The Railroad Killer", was a Mexican serial killer, serial rapist, and robber active in several U.S. states, all of which he entered through stowing away on trains. Drew Carter, Texas Ranger: In December of 1998, a doctor was murdered in the Houston area. She had suffered both stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head. I'm a stronger person because of it. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. "ANGEL MATURINO RESENDEZ: THE RAILROAD KILLER". Det. *ociated Press. (Biography.com Editors, 2015). And even in that state of her looking the way that she did, I can just remember this feeling of overwhelming gratitude and love that she was alive. I was like, "Okay, well, you know, what's gonna happen is gonna happen. People were scared. They'll be right behind me. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. He was transported by the Rangers back to Houston to face charges. He was convicted of capital murder in Texas and executed by lethal injection in 2006. What do you need?" U.S. Customs agents prepare to open a train car north of Laredo, Texas, on June 28, 1999. And then we also entered it into the National Database for Violent Offenders in the hopes that maybe someday down the road - there would be some similarities to other cases that I could become aware of to try to track this fellow down. Christopher Maier, a fun-loving 21-year-old junior at the University of Kentucky was killed as he and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Holly Dunn, were walking back to a party late at night on Aug. 28, 1997. Holly Dunn: I definitely feel like I have another opportunity at life. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. And I don't know if it was an ice pick, if it was a screwdriver, but he had it on Chris the whole time. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. Holly Dunn: I actually got involved in the penalty phase of the trial, so that's when they say whether he gets the death penalty or life in prison. If they saw somebody, we'd get the train stopped, check the train - stop anybody and identify anybody on it. [16] These and similar statements led Dr. Pablo Stewart, a bilingual psychiatrist who evaluated Resndiz on two occasions in 2006, to conclude that Resndiz was not then competent to be executed as "delusions had completely taken over [Resndiz's] thought processes"[17], Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. Det. Holly Dunn: I remember they weren't talking about Chris. There'd be days that I would literally cry to him. FBI. A rock from our crime scene and a railroad spike that I got from down in Texas. A Harris County sheriff's deputy confers with accused serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz at the start of his capital murder trial for the murder of Dr. Claudia Benton on May 8, 2000, in. Devon Anderson: It was devastating. There was no doubt in my mind. Resendiz is escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving his execution date on Jan. 6, 2006. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. And I was like saying my last prayer. Resndiz tried to steal Konvicka's car but could not find the car keys. I was hit with some sort of wooden board. And I could not figure where all the blood had come - was comin' from. I mean, on the Texas side. Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. Craig Sorrell: We were the last of the cases presented. They were flat black and expressionless face. Their car was found in San Antonio and fingerprints linked their case with the Claudia Benton case. Look at me. ", I was begging him, "Please don't hurt me." His body was found in the front yard of an abandoned downtown house. Just a month after the horrific murder of the Sirnics, Noemi Dominguez, a 26-year-old schoolteacher, was found bludgeoned to death with a pickax in her Houston apartment on June 4, 1999. You have to be crazy. I definitely think that there's parts of me that wanted to retreat away. 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