He promised her that Resndiz would be granted personal safety in jail, regular visitation rights for his family and a psychological evaluation. 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. And not knowing, I assume, whether he was gonna show up or not, if he was gonna show up armed. 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. Angel Maturino Resndiz (August 1, 1959 June 27, 2006), also known as The Railroad Killer, was a Mexican itinerant serial killer suspected in as many as 23 murders across the United States and Mexico during the 1990s. Resndiz took sentimental items and also laid out the victims' driver's licenses to learn about their lives. Resndiz killed at least 15 people with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. I don't deserve to cause you pain. June, 4, 1999, would prove to be a deadly day. 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. Behind the scenes, Resndizs sister worked with Texas Ranger Drew Carter by encouraging her brother to give himself up. I said, "Do you have friends? 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. That gave me a small sense of satisfaction, that he was scared. It was very hard to accept the fact that I lived through this and Chris didn't. Det. Holly Dunn, Chris Maier's girlfriend, somehow managed to survive after being raped, stabbed, beaten and left for dead by Resendiz. Four days later, he's in a different state. But the INSs gravest error came on the night of June 1, 1999, according to Justice Department documents, when Resndiz was detained entering the U.S. in the desert near the Santa Theresa border crossing in New Mexico. I wanted to have that chance to have some peace. And that's kinda when I thought to myself, "Man, this is really gonna happen.". What do you need?" Resndiz confessed to these first two murders in September 2001, in hopes that doing so would speed up his execution. The same month, a Texas Ranger, Drew Carter, contacted Manuela, Resndiz's sister who lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico and to whom he was close. Angel Maturino Resendiz, left, confers with attorney Rudy Duarte. tied to a tree, dead from strangulation. He was sentenced . He was raised by a non-biological family in Puebla, Mexico. I felt that. The students were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. This is what he did to me." Having also confessed to eight other murders, Resndiz was sentenced to death, following an automatic appeal. Do you have a family? I hadn't looked at him yet. I can't explain how this changes you. So the volume was huge, and you just started piecing the things together. 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. At age 14, he illegally entered Florida, before being deported in 1976. And really that was the only thing that they could fix. [5], Resndiz killed at least 15 people[6] with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. As dread escalated across communities easily reachable by train, Resendez was placed on the FBIs 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Kind of a wavy, black hair, wearing glasses. I deserve what I am getting.". It felt good for me to be able to say, you know, I graduated from college in front of the guy who basically could have ruined my life and destroyed it. They took a motorcycle trip together, bringing a gun along to fire for target practice. Norman J. Sirnic and his wife Karen Sirnic were bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer in the parsonage of the United Church of Christ. Holly Dunn: I chose not to attend the execution because Resendiz represented all those angry feelings that I had. So he's like the boogeyman coming into your house. He also took jewelry, cash, valuables and other items and gave them to his wife in Mexico. Today, we're delving into the saga of the railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz. Resndiz had many aliases but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. Between nineteen eighty six and nineteen ninety nine percent is murdered. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. But me, as a person, I'm eternal. 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 . Resendiz took the victim's cash and fled the scene in the victim's jeep. And she was also the victim of a sexual assault. But three of the messages were from my dad. ngel Maturino Resndiz was born on August 1, 1959 in Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. The broken eye socket, there was nothing they could do. Craig Sorrell: The FBI, all the local agencies, the different areas, everybody was running leads. He'd looked at me. I fought him. That they're not going through what - what has happened to them alone. ngel Maturino Resndiz (born ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis), a.k.a. 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. The Railroad Killer, otherwise known as Angel Maturino Resendiz, was born in Mexico in 1959. Raped, strangled, suffocated both manually and with duct tape, and buried in a shallow grave in. She decided to make it her reason to live. Holly Dunn: I definitely feel like I have another opportunity at life. He had like this smug look on his face. He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. I got my hands untied. The suspect at that point had been identified as Rafael Resendez Ramirez. 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 I'm positive that he probably knocked me unconscious. After learning about the Railroad killer, read about slave-trading serial killer Patty Cannon. I don't want another dead body. Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. You do not deserve this. He was a little guy. And I just kept talkin' to her 'cause I definitely didn't want her to pass out, ya know, I was just trying to keep her awake until the paramedics got there. The two were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. Resndiz's sister, Manuela, had seen her brother's FBI's Most Wanted Poster and feared that her brother might kill someone else, or be killed by the FBI, so she contacted the police. At the age of 16, he tried to enter Texas but was deported. 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. : On Aug. 29, 1997, I received a call at home about 3:00 in the morning that there had been an attack on two students along the railroad tracks. USA (Texas) Angel Maturino Resndiz (m) aged 46, Hispanic Mexican national Angel Maturino Resndiz is scheduled for execution on 27 June 2006. I wish I could've seen his face when he knew she was comin' to testify against him. At the time of his arrest, he was married to a woman named Julieta Dominguez Reyes, with whom he had a daughter, Liria. 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". Like, all right, you know, is this gonna happen? The Railroad Killer shot Morber in the back of the head with a shotgun, before Morbers 57-year-old daughter, Carolyn Frederick arrived. Maturino Resendiz is accused of being the so-called railroad killer, who . 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. I had to deal with Chris dying. They saw all the indications that he knew what he was doing was wrong, and then they ultimately convicted him of capital murder. And then I had to deal with being raped. Some also involved sexual assault. And Resndiz didnt spare Frederick, beating her to death, then sexually assaulting her afterward. 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. [18], In his final statement, Resndiz said, "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. It was surreal. At the time of his arrest, Resendiz was suspected in nine slayings near railroad tracks in Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. In adulthood, he spent a total of 11 years in American prisons for crimes such as assault, auto theft, firearm possession, and burglary. - Alternate link. She hadn't been in touch with her brother but she had been in touch with someone that was in touch with her brother. This man's body has never been found, and nothing is known about him except what Resndiz told authorities. Dunn managed to free her hands at one point, but couldn't get her feet untied. ", On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. Some of the stolen items that had been removed from his victims' homes were returned by his wife and mother after his surrender. is een documentaire televisieserie geproduceerd door NHNZ die werd uitgezonden op Lifetime Movie Network. It felt like I'd finally had my chance. We lived on 13 acres. Three of Resendiz's victims, Norman and Karen Sirnic and Josephine Konvicka, were from the Weimar area. "ANGEL MATURINO RESENDEZ: THE RAILROAD KILLER". He had become known as "The Railroad Killer" as most of his crimes were committed near railroads where he had jumped off the trains which he was using to travel around the country. By the time of his execution, Resendiz was linked to at least 15 murders in six states. numerous female homicides in Ciudad Jurez, TruTV Crime Library articles about Resndiz, The International Justice Project's biography of Resndiz, People magazine online article about Resndiz, Texas Execution Information Center article about Resndiz, The Crime Web's December timeline article that mentions Resndiz, Unspecified date in 1986, Bexar County, Texas: An unnamed homeless woman and her boyfriend, July 19, 1991, Lexington, Kentucky: Michael White, 33. I was hit with some sort of wooden board. I don't deserve to cause you pain. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. And I decided to stay with my family, be surrounded by my family. But I was hit five or six times in the front of my face and then, I turned over, and I was hit five or six times in the back of my head. There was nothing there. An FBI handout depicting the face of the Railroad Killer, ngel Maturino Resndiz. So when they walked him in [to the courtroom] it was a great moment, but he was so scary. His birth name was ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. 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. Von Huben's fiance. He ultimately pleaded not guilt by reason of insanity. Devon Anderson: [Dr. Claudia Benton] had been sexually assaulted, stabbed, beaten in the head. But it was near railroad tracks. And they - I mean, I literally - I felt my hearing going into my head. I talk about the trial as the hardest day of my life. He was continuing to kill. [Aug. 29, 1997] I didn't get to hear the answering machine until I got home that night. June 9, 2000. Craig Sorrell: Despite her - state, she was ready and willing to try and communicate what had happened to her. Money was sometimes left at the scene. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. Holly Dunn: [Devon Anderson] told me, "Don't look at him. 'Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair': 33 Pictures Of The Summer Of Love In San Francisco, 'Exceptional Discovery': 24 Perfectly-Preserved Bronze Statues Uncovered In An Ancient Etruscan Spa, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Resndiz was born as ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis in Izcar de Matamoros, Mexico on August 1, 1960, and was very physically small. [5] Resndiz killed at least 15 people [6] with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. Christopher Maier. FBI. [12], During a court appearance, Resndiz accused Carter of lying under oath because Resndiz's family was under the impression that he would be spared the death penalty. Just feeling so thankful that she was alive and that she was there. FBI press conference: We are here to announce that Rafael Resendez Ramirez has been elevated to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. On the way, we learned her name was Holly Dunn. For me to be able to say, "You didn't destroy me." And that was my chance. He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. Right after this attack happened, I just wanted to lay in bed and not get out of bed again. Honestly. Shot four times with a .38-caliber weapon, with her body dumped in an abandoned farmhouse. Holly Dunn's belt lies discarded along the railroad tracks in Lexington, Ky. Resendiz took Dunn's belt and used it to tie her hands behind her back. Dr. Claudia Benton, a 39-year-old Baylor College of Medicine physician, was found sexually assaulted, stabbed and beaten to death inside her Houston-area home located near railroad tracks on Dec. 17, 1998. The intense manhunt for the railroad killer had intensified train car searches. Devon Anderson: She became the liaison between United States law enforcement and the serial killer. Though not officially charged, Resndiz is considered the prime suspect in this case. June 15, Gorham, Illinois: George Morber and Carolyn Frederick: Resndiz also claimed to have killed seven additional people in Mexico. Angel Maturino Resendez, 39 years old, was apprehended early this month . They'll be right behind me. Heads beaten to a pulp. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) 9. When we first started working it, we approached it from the standpoint of a fugitive investigation and that was trying to learn as much as we could about the subject at hand. Resndiz said that he shot and killed the woman for disrespecting him. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. But she did the opposite. And my breathing was shallow enough that he thought he had killed me. Angel Maturino Resendiz was sexually and abused at some point of his life. The jury did find that he was a future danger to society. Devon Anderson: After the trial, Resendiz was sent to death row in Huntsville, Texas. He was not tried for any other crimes. They just stapled on top of her hair. I tried to scream. Holly Dunn: I flew into Houston with my family the night before I was going to testify. ngel Maturino Resndiz, whose case is explored in Oxygen's " Mark of a Killer ," was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1959. Their car was found in San Antonio and fingerprints linked their case with the Claudia Benton case. [19][20] Claudia Benton's husband, George, was present at the execution and said Resndiz was "evil contained in human form, a creature without a soul, no conscience, no sense of remorse, no regard for the sanctity of human life. The writing, I found, really helped me deal with what had happened. 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. On June 27, 2006, he was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, at the age of 45. In 1991, he committed his first known murder on U.S. soil, killing 33-year-old Michael White in Kentucky by beating him to death with a brick. On the day of his execution, he asked forgiveness from the family members of his victims in attendance, and from God, for allowing the devil to deceive me.. The race was on to find him before he killed again. Angel Maturino Resndiz ( n. ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis, 1 de agosto de 1960 - 27 de junho de 2006 ), tambm conhecido como O Assassino da Estrada de Ferro ou o Assassino da Ferrovia, foi um fraudador, coiote, ladro, estuprador e serial killer formalmente acusado do assassinato de sete pessoas, tendo sido condenado morte por um desses 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. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason and insanity and would convict him and sentence him to death. Craig Sorrell: As part of the search, there was actually a huge operation to stop trains. Resndiz was evaluated as mentally disturbed but not insane at trial, and on May 18, 2000, with survivor Holly Dunn having testified, was convicted for the capital murder of Claudia Benton. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. He was put to death five months. We knew that we had forensic evidence, we had fingerprint evidence that linked to a particular suspect and both houses were in the near vicinity of railroad tracks. On June 4, Resndiz killed two people in one day, sexually assaulting Houston school teacher Noemi Dominguez, before murdering her with a pickax. In 1988, he spent some time living in St. Louis, where he worked for a temp agency. And then, a pastor and his wife were killed in Weimar. 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. Because he couldn't get - his arms were all tied up in his backpack. Some people he murdered included: Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic (May 2, 1999), Fannie Whitney Byers (December 10, 1998), and Claudia Benton (December 17, 1998). A series of 16 podcasts released between October 2018 and February 2019 by British journalist Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale for, "The Unbelievable Survival Story of Holly K Dunn" Episode 266, and "The Railroad Killer" Episode 268 of, This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 16:46. And there's three people in that ol' pickup truck. I wanna live it to the fullest. You know, like, "be sure they know my friend's still out there. Bludgeoned to death with a tire rim in her home, which was located near CSX Transportation railroad tracks. When I was speaking, I didn't have to worry about that. Trial started in May of 2000. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Resndiz was also a suspect in the 1998 murder of 81-year-old Fannie Whitney Byers in Carl, Georgia, but was never convicted of it since a couple was charged. I couldn't get my feet untied. Det. . She said that - he wasn't muscular, but he seemed somewhat wiry. I was crying - all the jury was crying. He was the first guy that I dated after the attack. Another detective and I were sent over to the University of Kentucky Hospital to check in on the victim. And realized that we not only had a serial killer that was within 150 mile radius of Houston, but we had one that was in other states as well. I mean he was a loner, he had a high price on his head and he had an entire nation, really two nations, looking for him. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. I'm still strong. He would confess to many more before his execution. Holly Dunn: It was very dark and you couldn't see very well. And I didn't realize it, but he was tying up Chris' hands with the backpack behind his back. I signed up that day to go to school in England. FBIResndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. He murdered at least 16 or 15 people. Do you want credit cards? Resndiz's ultimate fate, however, was decided by a jury, not Carter. The evidence was overwhelming as to his guilt. In her stolen car, Resndiz traveled to Schulenberg, Texas, around four miles from Weimar, and the previous Sirnic killings. I don't deserve to cause you pain. And not that he cared, because I don't think he did. To mark the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book due out in November 2017. Local news report: The dragnet for the suspected rail riding serial killer now stretches from Ohio to the Mexican border. Resndiz's sister, Manuela, had seen her brother's FBI's Most Wanted Poster and feared that her brother might kill someone else, or be killed by the FBI, so she contacted the police. He climbed on top of me. I definitely think that there's parts of me that wanted to retreat away. I don't even remember exactly what I said or how long it took. In their house, situated behind the church and near the railroad tracks, Resndiz beat Norman and Karen Sirnic to death with a sledgehammer as they slept, then sexually assaulted Karen. Continue with Recommended Cookies. Devon Anderson: It was devastating. It was between 1:00 and 2:00. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. Holly's House is a child and adult advocacy center that provides a safe reporting location for victims of intimate crimes. / CBS News, Produced by Lourdes Aguiar and Michael McHugh [This story previously aired on Aug. 3, 2013. Holly Dunn: They repaired my jaw. Resndiz continued riding the rails and committing murders across several states, with the ferocity of his attacks increasing with each stop. But once he was free, his killings continued anew. And I remember hearing his accent, thinking, "that is a Mexican accent.". So be determined. He asked us for money. I had already seen one person die in front of me and I did not need to see another. He was nicknamed "The Railroad Killer" because all the killings occurred near train tracks. First published on September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM. Benton, a pediatric neurologist at the Baylor College of Medicine, was raped, stabbed, and bludgeoned repeatedly after he entered her home, which is near the Union Pacific railroad tracks. I've stayed in touch with the victim, Holly, since it began. Det. But truthfully, the tip that made the case was a call from a family relative to "America's Most Wanted.". Det. After waking up after the attack, Dunn walked barefoot over rocks and broken glass on the tracks to get to a house seeking help. I'm lucky enough to have my amazing husband and have Chris be a part of our lives. What do you want? He had become known as "The Railroad Killer" as most of his crimes were committed near railroads where he had jumped off the trains which he was using to travel around the country. Holly Dunn: It's important to me for victims to be supported. We were able to establish - that we had a DNA sample of the suspect - from the rape. Heather reads: "Since as far back as I can remember, I've had the same dream. Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death, How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, Five deaths with a connection to Alex Murdaugh's family investigated, Never-before-seen photos and details about accused Idaho killer, the attack on Holly and her friend Chris Maier. He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. 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