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. 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. At age 14, he illegally entered Florida, before being deported in 1976. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) During a court appearance, Resndiz accused Carter of lying under oath because his (Resndiz's) family was under the impression that he would be spared the death penalty; however, Resndiz's ultimate fate would be decided by the jury, not Carter.http . Two weeks after the murders of the two women in Texas, Resendiz would move his killing grounds north. It's not fair that - that I'm still alive and that Chris isn't. Just feeling so thankful that she was alive and that she was there. They actually kind of just realigned it. They couldn't even, you know, cut her hair. In Shulenburg, he used that same pickax to kill 73-year-old Josephine Konvicka, leaving the weapon embedded in Konvickas head. In 1997, I met Jacob Pendleton at the outdoor store that I was working at. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat. Devon Anderson: [Dr. Claudia Benton] had been sexually assaulted, stabbed, beaten in the head. 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. Resndiz found his victims, all of whom were randomly picked, while travelling by stowing away on trains. And she was also the victim of a sexual assault. Drew Carter, Texas Ranger: He was nicknamed by the media as "The Railroad Killer." Texas authorities determined they had a serial killer on their hands. 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 was sexually and abused at some point of his life. Just do not look at him.". 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. And really that was the only thing that they could fix. There was nothing there. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. 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. tied to a tree, dead from strangulation. She spent five days in a hospital before returning home to Indiana to recover. At the time, he had been tracked down to Mexico. 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 testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. A sheriff confers with accused serial killer. It was a Thursday night. I actually stuck my tongue out so that the gag wouldn't work. We opened on Sept. 2, 2008, and we have served over 300 victims since that time. I know the body is going to go to waste. 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. Some of the stolen items that had been removed from his victims' homes were returned by his wife and mother after his surrender. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. Devon Anderson: And I had been waiting to see this guy. I thank God for having patience in me. I was like, "Okay, well, you know, what's gonna happen is gonna happen. And out of the corner of my eye just glimpsed something go across the front yard. After being raped, beaten and stabbed, Holly somehow found the will to survive. Craig Sorrell: For two years we had operated under the belief that his name was Rafael Resendez Ramirez. There was no doubt in my mind. [15] Upon hearing the judge's ruling, Resndiz said, "I don't believe in death. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: Find a Grave Resndiz took sentimental items and also laid out the victims' driver's licenses to learn about their lives. That he was doing it over and over again. ngel Maturino Resndiz, whose case is explored in Oxygen's " Mark of a Killer ," was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1959. As a freelance writer, he spends his time writing about true crime. In her stolen car, Resndiz traveled to Schulenberg, Texas, around four miles from Weimar, and the previous Sirnic killings. ngel Maturino Resndiz was born on August 1, 1959 in Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. Devon Anderson: Holly is a hero because she did not let what happened to her destroy her. As dread escalated across communities easily reachable by train, Resendez was placed on the FBIs 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. 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. [18], In his final statement, Resndiz said, "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. ATM cards? But they worked through the evidence. She decided to make it her reason to live. Maybe this is what I had been running from in all those dreams as a child - this horrific story that happened to my sister.". Craig Sorrell, Lexington Police Dept. According to a profile in People magazine, he was raised by his single mother until the age of 6, when he was sent to live with an aunt and uncle. Det. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. [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. June 9, 2000. Known as the Railroad Killer, he was at one point the FBIs most wanted fugitive. We were able to establish - that we had a DNA sample of the suspect - from the rape. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat. Two days later, the Railroad Killer reentered Texas and savagely committed four more murders over the course of just 12 days. Norman J. Sirnic and his wife Karen Sirnic were bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer in the parsonage of the United Church of Christ. I thank God for having patience in me. Convicted on at least nine occasions for serious felonies, including burglary, Resndiz would be deported after he served his sentence then head right back to the U.S. to resume his criminal activities. His attacks were distinctive for their brutal blows to victims heads, often caused by objects found in the victims own homes. I knew he was there. Resndiz stated that he met the woman at a homeless shelter. He is believed to have had a difficult childhood and ran away from home at a young age to escape his . They just stapled on top of her hair. Holly Dunn: I just got really scared, because it - it got so big. [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. But she did the opposite. 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. ngel Maturino Resndiz was strapped to a gurney and executed by lethal injection on June 27, 2006 (per NBC News ). Because there's no victim to stand in front of you to tell you what they experienced, what they went through. Shot in the head with a shotgun. His birth name was ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. I'm going to be alive forever." Holly's House is a child and adult advocacy center that provides a safe reporting location for victims of intimate crimes. "[14][notes 1], On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. Devon Anderson: I cannot imagine the amount of courage she had to marshal to come into that courtroom to walk in and face him. I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. Every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. Angel Maturino Resendiz in court. On May 2, 1999, he entered the Weimar, Texas, home of a pastor and his wife. And he couldn't get untied. But once he was free, his killings continued anew. I got my hands untied. You know, like, "be sure they know my friend's still out there. The first question that the prosecutor asked me on the stand was "What did you do last weekend?" The Church's beloved pastor and his wife were murdered in their home behind the church by Resendiz. Holly Dunn: I don't have things that I think about all the time. He was born on August 1, 1959. According to Justice Department documents, Resndiz was born on Aug. 1, 1959, in Puebla, Mexico, as ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. On July 13, 1999, Resndiz, accompanied by family, surrendered on an El Paso border-crossing bridge, shaking Ranger Carters hand. You can have our car it's just parked down the street." Angel Maturino Resendiz. I just would love to know what he - what he thought when he found that out. 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. People were scared. [citation needed], Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. 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." She was our only living witness. To mark the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book due out in November 2017. Known victims . 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. Most victims were found covered with something or obscured from view in some other way. I'm positive that he probably knocked me unconscious. First published on September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM. Det. 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. Holly Dunn, Heather's sister: In late August 1997, I was a student at the University of Kentucky. He would confess to many more before his execution. Read excerpts of her book," Sole Survivor", Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer, First published on August 3, 2013 / 10:16 PM. The two were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. Accused serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, led by Sgt. Christopher Maier. And he would just listen to me. To mark the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book due out in November 2017. He would look - he'd look at everybody in there. Det. Do you have a family? What do you want? : 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. Craig Sorrell: We received a lot of phone calls and a lot of tips, and we followed up on a lot of people who thought they had seen this person. A daytime photo of Holly Dunn and Chris Maier's crime scene. 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. Devon Anderson: It was early in the morning, and Drew was on one side of the International Bridge, waiting. They didn't know where he was. ", 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 thought she was going to die. I could work through my emotions and that really helped me in my healing process. Angel Maturino Resendiz, left, confers with attorney Rudy Duarte. I don't want another case to prove up. You do not deserve this. We lived on 13 acres. She was later awarded $86,000 for aiding in his surrender, according to the Chicago Tribune. 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. The Railroad Killers innocuous five-foot, 190-pound appearance belied the monstrous acts hed committed. Resendiz was implicated in the Oct. 2, 1998, murder of Leafie Mason, 87, bludgeoned with an antique iron at her home in Hughes Springs, Texas. Holly gave that to Chris and all the others that had been murdered. Raped, strangled, suffocated both manually and with duct tape, and buried in a shallow grave in. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Between nineteen eighty six and nineteen ninety nine percent is murdered. I mean it just felt good to know that he would never be able to hurt anyone ever again. At age 14, he illegally entered Florida, before being deported in 1976. Craig Sorrell: They were able, through fingerprint analysis, to have a suspect. So I want to live for them. . His mother, Virginia Resendiz de Maturino, never married his father and frequently abused him physically. And I woke up during the middle of the night screaming and crying. Angel Maturino Resendiz pleaded not guilty today to the charge that he murdered a doctor in her Houston home in December. And for the 1st time there was an indication of sexual . [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. 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. And I was covered in blood. 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. And, you know, be upset. Worried church members found the couple when they failed to turn up for Sunday service. Resendiz -- at the time known to law enforcement by his alias, Rafael Resendez Ramirez -- becomes one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives." But truthfully, the tip that made the case was a call from a family relative to "America's Most Wanted.". So, I was afraid. Three of Resendiz's victims, Norman and Karen Sirnic and Josephine Konvicka, were from the Weimar area. Dominguez was a schoolteacher at. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. I said, "Yes. I wanted to put him down. But wiry and strong, ropey muscles on his arms and curious. Resndiz's first known murder occurred in 1986 when he killed a homeless woman and her boyfriend. On June 27, 2006, he was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, at the age of 45. Resndiz continued riding the rails and committing murders across several states, with the ferocity of his attacks increasing with each stop. He used many aliases, but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. ", On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. Most of his victims were found covered with a blanket or otherwise obscured from immediate view. 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. Devon Anderson, Harris County Prosecutor: The sense of urgency was - it was unbelievable because people were dying. She was able to give a real-life person - to give them a real feeling of the brutality of this man. Holly Dunn's belt lies discarded along the railroad tracks in Lexington, Ky. At the age of 16, he tried to enter Texas but was deported. Craig Sorrell, Lexington Police Dept: We knew then we had a serial killer on the loose. Resendiz is escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving his execution date on Jan. 6, 2006. I guess sitting in jail he got fat, he got the jail house pallor, had grew his hair, greasy. But it was near railroad tracks. Det. Holly Dunn: I started speaking about two years after the attack. Resndiz said that he shot and killed the woman for disrespecting him. He'd looked at me. I thought he would come back and get me. The intense manhunt for the railroad killer had intensified train car searches. Holly Dunn, Chris Maier's girlfriend, somehow managed to survive after being raped, stabbed, beaten and left for dead by Resendiz. *ociated Press. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. I deserve what I am getting." Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. (Biography.com Editors, 2015). 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". On June 4, Resndiz killed two people in one day, sexually assaulting Houston school teacher Noemi Dominguez, before murdering her with a pickax. Det. FBI press conference: We are here to announce that Rafael Resendez Ramirez has been elevated to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. Resndiz also confessed to this murder in September 2001. Resndiz was pronounced dead at 8:05:p.m. CDT (01:05 UTC) on June 27, 2006. "In letter, railroad killer ties self to Florida slayings". But I just buckled down and just decided - it's gotta be about the victims. 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. Bludgeoned to death with a brick. During this confession, he drew a map of the crime scene and claimed that he killed White because he was homosexual. Holly Dunn: And I knew that I was going to testify. "ANGEL MATURINO RESENDEZ: THE RAILROAD KILLER". FBI. And then, of course, staples of where they could - just to stop the bleeding. 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. And that was my chance. Behind the scenes, Resndizs sister worked with Texas Ranger Drew Carter by encouraging her brother to give himself up. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason and insanity and would convict him and sentence him to death. The jury reached a verdict after many hours of deliberation. Police found her Jeep Cherokee in San Antonio with Resendiz' fingerprints on the steering column. So, I could never get someone to hear my screams or run fast enough. I have felt so guilty to not be there, to know that your sister is begging for her life. Some also involved sexual assault. I fought him. ngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. 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. And we started walking along the tracks. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Drew Carter: I believe that his options were limited. Craig Sorrell: And that was when the ball started rollin' and it became a national serial killer manhunt. The connected crime scenes were entered into VICAP the nationwide data information center that collects, collates, and analyzes information on violent crimess. He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. And I hoped that he experienced some of the fear - that Holly did. If they saw somebody, we'd get the train stopped, check the train - stop anybody and identify anybody on it. Convicted railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, center, points his finger after being. And wired my mouth shut. Drew Carter: At the time of his arrest, Resendiz was linked to six murders in Texas, two in Illinois and one in Kentucky. Heather Dunn Niemeier, Holly's sister: I began writing as a process of healing. He was 39 years old. They were flat black and expressionless face. My lieutenant asked me to come out and said it was a bad one. This is what he did to me." Bludgeoned with the same pickaxe used to kill Dominguez in her farmhouse near Weimar, which is also where the Sirnics were murdered. Heads beaten to a pulp. Lexington, KY, Police DeptThe electrical box Resndiz hid behind before attacking Maier and Dunn. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. 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. His last words were: "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You know, "how can I help you?" One excerpt of "Sole Survivor" details the attack on Holly and her friend Chris Maier and the other the beginning of her recovery with the help of her sister Heather, among others. Don't give up. Holly Dunn: I remember they weren't talking about Chris. And, you know, really wouldn't judge me at all, which was great. And that's kinda when I thought to myself, "Man, this is really gonna happen.". I said, "He's wearing a white button-down shirt." Bludgeoned to death with a tire rim in her home, which was located near CSX Transportation railroad tracks. USA (Texas) Angel Maturino Resndiz (m) aged 46, Hispanic Mexican national Angel Maturino Resndiz is scheduled for execution on 27 June 2006. and he came over and literally just dropped it on Chris' head. He was executed in 2006. It was about the second night of classes. And, eventually, I asked my dad, I just said "Chris is dead, isn't he." Angel Maturino Resendiz was once the most wanted man in America. Honestly. Having also confessed to eight other murders, Resndiz was sentenced to death, following an automatic appeal. For me to be able to say, "You didn't destroy me." The students were walking along some railroad tracks when they were assaulted. Her attacker used it to tie her hands behind her back. Often the people were in bed asleep when he was getting 'em. I remember there being an oddly high number of calls. I'm still strong. I felt that. Knives put all the way through the body, that's how much force was used. Drifting back and forth across the border, Resndiz illegally hopped freight trains while working seasonal migrant farm jobs, riding railcars to Florida for orange-picking season or up to Kentucky to harvest tobacco. Holly Dunn: They repaired my jaw. And, so, her face looked off. They took a motorcycle trip together, bringing a gun along to fire for target practice. She is begging someone for her life, and you are you're sleeping. Drew Carter: Detective Sorrell called and we compared details about the cases. Holly Dunn: They said, "Well, could you tell us what he's wearing?" He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. He was transported by the Rangers back to Houston to face charges. It was there that she told me the worst story that I had heard in my life. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. I realized that my mouth wasn't shutting right. 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.. June, 4, 1999, would prove to be a deadly day. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. And I didn't realize it, but he was tying up Chris' hands with the backpack behind his back. But ultimately it was determined his name was Angel Maturino Resendiz. This man had no friends. And she started - I kept losin' her a little bit here and there. His body was found in the front yard of an abandoned downtown house. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. Local news report: The dragnet for the suspected rail riding serial killer now stretches from Ohio to the Mexican border. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. 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