Devon Anderson: I knew I wanted Holly to testify last. On June 4, Resndiz killed two people in one day, sexually assaulting Houston school teacher Noemi Dominguez, before murdering her with a pickax. . Drew Carter: The majority of his attacks were by surprise. Resendiz had been crouching behind the electric box on the right before ambushing the young couple. No humanity. Upon hearing the judge's ruling, Resndiz said, "I don't believe in death. Police found her Jeep Cherokee in San Antonio with Resendiz' fingerprints on the steering column. Bludgeoned to death with a brick. That's when he started hitting me. [citation needed], Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) 9. It's a nonprofit center in Evansville, Ind. Her attacker used it to tie her hands behind her back. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. 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. He would confess to many more before his execution. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. You know, look at your family. '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. So be determined. Prison officials allowed the condemned killer to speak his final words before the lethal cocktail of drugs was plunged into his veins. We were driven. We had a great time growing up together. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat. / CBS News, Produced by Lourdes Aguiar and Michael McHugh [This story previously aired on Aug. 3, 2013. And there's three people in that ol' pickup truck. This man had no friends. 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). After learning about the Railroad killer, read about slave-trading serial killer Patty Cannon. First published on September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM. I thank God for having patience in me. I felt that. He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. We knew we were battling with the jury not wanting to believe that someone could do these horrible things to people and be sane. I was hit with some sort of wooden board. Resendiz had broken into the victim's house by going through an open door. And I remember hearing his accent, thinking, "that is a Mexican accent.". I think to get over my survivor's guilt that I had, I had to know that I lived my life not just for me and not just for Chris. He had like this smug look on his face. The connected crime scenes were entered into VICAP the nationwide data information center that collects, collates, and analyzes information on violent crimess. FBIResndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. Money was sometimes left at the scene. Heather Dunn Niemeier, Holly's sister: To see Holly happy, married is wonderful. To mark the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book due out in November 2017. Resndiz found his victims, all of whom were randomly picked, while travelling by stowing away on trains. Resndiz continued riding the rails and committing murders across several states, with the ferocity of his attacks increasing with each stop. 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. He promised her that Resndiz would be granted personal safety in jail, regular visitation rights for his family and a psychological evaluation. Resndiz also confessed to this murder in September 2001. 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. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. 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. He asked us for money. I realized, at that point, that he was going to rape me. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. Most of his victims were found covered with a blanket or otherwise obscured from immediate view. No emotion. 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. The FBI linked him to at least 15 violent murders, including several in and around Houston. But she did the opposite. The FBI task force was stunned to find that ngel Maturino Resndiz had been rounded up and deported eight times in a mere 18 months most unbelievably on June 2, 1999, when state and federal warrants were out and intensive efforts were underway to catch him. I feel like through helping others they're helping me. Three of Resendiz's victims, Norman and Karen Sirnic and Josephine Konvicka, were from the Weimar area. When I was speaking, I didn't have to worry about that. Resndiz tried to steal Konvicka's car but could not find the car keys. His mother, Virginia Resendiz de Maturino, never married his father and frequently abused him physically. Drew Carter of the Texas Rangers, arrives at Hobby Airport in Houston on Tuesday, July 13, 1999, after turning himself in to Carter in El Paso. Holly Dunn: To know that he was doing it again, that he was more violent, that he was killing more people. Angel Maturino RESENDIZ A.K.A. He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat. [13] 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. Kind of a wavy, black hair, wearing glasses. I'm a different person today because this happened. A daytime photo of Holly Dunn and Chris Maier's crime scene. So the volume was huge, and you just started piecing the things together. Norman J. Sirnic, 46, and his wife Karen Sirnic, 47, of Weimar, Texas, were bludgeoned to death on May 2, 1999, by a sledgehammer in the parsonage of the United Church of Christ, where Norman Sirnic was a pastor. And I was like saying my last prayer. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. Holly Dunn: I chose not to attend the execution because Resendiz represented all those angry feelings that I had. Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. At the time of his arrest, Resendiz was suspected in nine slayings near railroad tracks in Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. She hadn't been in touch with her brother but she had been in touch with someone that was in touch with her brother. I ripped Chris' gag off of his mouth. 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. U.S. Customs agents prepare to open a train car north of Laredo, Texas, on June 28, 1999. Often the people were in bed asleep when he was getting 'em. I just would love to know what he - what he thought when he found that out. I wish I could've seen his face when he knew she was comin' to testify against him. But, then run down the stairs to play with my younger sister. ", I was begging him, "Please don't hurt me." I had to deal with myself almost dying. My lieutenant asked me to come out and said it was a bad one. I tried to hit him. I testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. Resendiz took the victim's cash and fled the scene in the victim's jeep. Moving north, Resndiz next invaded the home of 80-year-old George Morber, just 100 yards from a railroad track in Gorham, Illinois. ", 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. I was constantly running away from someone. We lived on 13 acres. He was sometimes referred to as The Railway Killer or The Railcar Killer. I got my hands untied. 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. Resndiz's ultimate fate, however, was decided by a jury, not Carter. According to Justice Department documents, Resndiz was born on Aug. 1, 1959, in Puebla, Mexico, as ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. I have felt so guilty to not be there, to know that your sister is begging for her life. I tried to scream. And she started - I kept losin' her a little bit here and there. December 17, 1998, West University Place, Texas, Claudia Benton, 39 years old. I knew that I was injured. Circuit Court of Appeals, Resndiz's death warrant was signed for the murder of Claudia Benton. On May 2, 1999, he entered the Weimar, Texas, home of a pastor and his wife. But, at some point, I got up, and I realized that he was gone. A few female victims were also raped, though it was usually only a secondary intent. At the time, he had been tracked down to Mexico. FBI An FBI handout depicting the face of the Railroad Killer, ngel Maturino Resndiz. Your brain works in amazing ways and it kind of sort of let me deal with each thing as I could. Local news report: The dragnet for the suspected rail riding serial killer now stretches from Ohio to the Mexican border. "[14][notes 1], On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. That gave me a small sense of satisfaction, that he was scared. The first question that the prosecutor asked me on the stand was "What did you do last weekend?" I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. It was there that she told me the worst story that I had heard in my life. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. One of Holly Dunn's sandals lays in the ditch near the railroad tracks where Resendiz brutally attacked her and Chris Maier. The Terrifying True Story Of Railroad Killer ngel Maturino Resndiz. You can have our car it's just parked down the street." It was a Thursday night. Craig Sorrell: Sometimes you don't always have the human picture, the actual human suffering. Just horrific violence. They just stapled on top of her hair. Bludgeoned with the same pickaxe used to kill Dominguez in her farmhouse near Weimar, which is also where the Sirnics were murdered. Heather Dunn Niemeier, Holly's sister: I began writing as a process of healing. 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.. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason and insanity and would convict him and sentence him to death. Resndiz stated that he met the woman at a homeless shelter. 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. It was updated on Sept. 2, 2017.]. You know, we were just trying to figure out what he wanted. He was continuing to kill. I said, "Do you have friends? And when we got to an electrical box beside the tracks a man came out from behind it. I thought he would come back and get me. And then I had to heal. 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. I'm a stronger person because of it. I walked about 200 yards or so maybe on the rocks along the tracks. Archived from the original on December 29, 2004. Resndiz confessed to these first two murders in September 2001, in hopes that doing so would speed up his execution. I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. "ANGEL MATURINO RESENDEZ: THE RAILROAD KILLER". I want them to be remembered. 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 a tire rim in her home, which was located near CSX Transportation railroad tracks. I don't think I knew what my injuries were. I like to keep things around me that remind me of him. Maturino Resendiz is accused of being the so-called railroad killer, who . And Resndiz didnt spare Frederick, beating her to death, then sexually assaulting her afterward. Authorities were able to link him to at least 15 murders in six states: Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Illinois, Florida and California. Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer. And he gagged us. Det. You know, "I will let you go. I guess sitting in jail he got fat, he got the jail house pallor, had grew his hair, greasy. Worried church members found the couple when they failed to turn up for Sunday service. He supports the fact that true evil does exist in this world. We were so close. The Railroad Killer, otherwise known as Angel Maturino Resendiz, was born in Mexico in 1959. On december 29, 2004 Claudia Benton or so maybe on the right before the. 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