She was our only living witness. Marking the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book about her harrowing story. We were so close. Crime Library. You don't have to. We of course said, "We don't have any money, we're poor college kids". She had a broken eye socket, a broken jaw. And that's where we started the discussions about Resendiz and the fact that he was tired and that he might be willing to surrender. 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 . Holly Dunn: [Devon Anderson] told me, "Don't look at him. Maybe this is what I had been running from in all those dreams as a child - this horrific story that happened to my sister.". In 2006, she received the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for public service, one of the nation's highest honors for humanitarian work. But wiry and strong, ropey muscles on his arms and curious. And I was like saying my last prayer. Where have you been? Like, we were looking at each other very confused. She has led our family in how we have recovered from this and it could have gone a completely different way where our family was devastated by this, but instead, we are so happy for how she's led her life. I thought she was going to die. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. Another detective and I were sent over to the University of Kentucky Hospital to check in on the victim. I knew that I was injured. and what I would want for them is to be proud of, you know, me. In 1988, he spent some time living in St. Louis, where he worked for a temp agency. Victims 1. And I remember hearing his accent, thinking, "that is a Mexican accent.". She was lying on her side and I put my head to her face and just held her. is een documentaire televisieserie geproduceerd door NHNZ die werd uitgezonden op Lifetime Movie Network. And she started - I kept losin' her a little bit here and there. Do you want credit cards? 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. The Church's beloved pastor and his wife were murdered in their home behind the church by Resendiz. According to Justice Department documents, Resndiz was born on Aug. 1, 1959, in Puebla, Mexico, as ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. We sat there and talked for a while, I'm not sure how long, but we got up to leave and go back to the party. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I just wanted the chance to tell what had happened to us. I started saying, you know, "What are you? So the volume was huge, and you just started piecing the things together. She spent five days in a hospital before returning home to Indiana to recover. At age 20, college junior Holly Dunn came face-to-face with an infamous serial killer who earned his nickname by choosing victims along the railroad tracks. And they still couldn't find him. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. 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. He was a little guy. [Aug. 29, 1997] I didn't get to hear the answering machine until I got home that night. . Angel Maturino Resndiz - Birth Chart Gender: Male Date of Birth: 1 August 1959 - 05:00h Birth place: Izcar de Matamoros Country: MX, Mexico Age: 46 years Sun: Leo Moon: Can ASC: Can Life Path: 6 Compatibility Death: 27 June 2006 (Cause: Execution by Lethal injection) Occupation: serial killer Her attacker used it to tie her hands behind her back. A Lexington couple was charged with Byers' murder, but according to authorities, Resndiz admitted to an FBI agent that he killed her. I know the body is going to go to waste. After the murders, he would spend some time in their houses. Just horrific violence. A sheriff confers with accused serial killer. [5], Resndiz killed at least 15 people[6] with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. Honestly. 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. She was able to give a real-life person - to give them a real feeling of the brutality of this man. Moving north, Resndiz next invaded the home of 80-year-old George Morber, just 100 yards from a railroad track in Gorham, Illinois. Resndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. So by the time she took the stand, the jury had heard the gruesome details of all the other murders we had solved at that point. 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. And that's kinda when I thought to myself, "Man, this is really gonna happen.". It's like somebody took a black magic marker and colored his eyes. I wanted to have that chance to have some peace. I was hit with some sort of wooden board. I talk about the trial as the hardest day of my life. We had to catch him before he killed somebody else. He'll be off to your left. Can you get untied?" Heather Dunn Niemeier, Holly's sister: Her face was disoriented. And thinking, "I'm going to die.". We were able to establish - that we had a DNA sample of the suspect - from the rape. Craig Sorrell: The FBI, all the local agencies, the different areas, everybody was running leads. U.S. Customs agents prepare to open a train car north of Laredo, Texas, on June 28, 1999. No emotion. I don't think I knew what my injuries were. [5] Resndiz killed at least 15 people [6] with rocks, a pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. I knew that I had to heal physically first. Angel Maturino Resendez, 39 years old, was apprehended early this month . Some also involved sexual assault. I guess sitting in jail he got fat, he got the jail house pallor, had grew his hair, greasy. Det. Devon Anderson: I cannot imagine the amount of courage she had to marshal to come into that courtroom to walk in and face him. Most of his victims were found covered with a blanket or otherwise obscured from immediate view. 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. I got my hands untied. It was a horror show. Det. [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. You know, we were just trying to figure out what he wanted. But, then run down the stairs to play with my younger sister. 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. That really is probably the part that I try the hardest and can't forget. Holly Dunn: I started speaking about two years after the attack. Craig Sorrell: For two years we had operated under the belief that his name was Rafael Resendez Ramirez. In de show kunnen overlevenden in hun eigen . Devon Anderson, Harris County Prosecutor: The sense of urgency was - it was unbelievable because people were dying. Drew Carter: The majority of his attacks were by surprise. Shot in the head with a shotgun. And not that he cared, because I don't think he did. You don't have to. [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. I don't want another case to prove up. When I was speaking, I didn't have to worry about that. So it was very startling to see someone come out that was crouched behind an electrical box. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. In her stolen car, Resndiz traveled to Schulenberg, Texas, around four miles from Weimar, and the previous Sirnic killings. Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer. The FBI linked him to at least 15 violent murders, including several in and around Houston. Resndiz confessed to these first two murders in September 2001, in hopes that doing so would speed up his execution. Holly Dunn: I flew into Houston with my family the night before I was going to testify. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Resndiz said that he shot and killed the woman for disrespecting him. Holly Dunn: I was really trying to remember every detail about my attacker. His birth name was ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. Most victims were found covered with something or obscured from view in some other way. Bludgeoned to death with a tire rim in her home, which was located near CSX Transportation railroad tracks. I deserve what I am getting." From what I've come to learn of Resendiz, he was an immigrant, transient, moved around, had done a lot of odd jobs migrant work. I'm running. The Railroad Killers innocuous five-foot, 190-pound appearance belied the monstrous acts hed committed. The evidence was overwhelming as to his guilt. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) 9. ngel Maturino Resndiz was strapped to a gurney and executed by lethal injection on June 27, 2006 (per NBC News ). Get a call from them saying, "Listen, we've had another homicide near railroad tracks in Texas." You have to be crazy. Five six, five eight in height. Resndiz said he shot and killed him and dumped his body in a creek somewhere between San Antonio and Uvalde. He was sometimes referred to as The Railway Killer or The Railcar Killer. Craig Sorrell: Holly described the suspect as a male, possibly Hispanic. The jury did find that he was a future danger to society. And he couldn't get untied. Nobody else could speak out against him in first person. Det. I was crying - all the jury was crying. Then, delve into the mystery of the Chicago Strangler. He murdered at least 16 or 15 people. He would look - he'd look at everybody in there. Later police found Morber's red pickup truck in. Police found her Jeep Cherokee in San Antonio with Resendiz' fingerprints on the steering column. Resndiz's ultimate fate, however, was decided by a jury, not Carter. Worried church members found the couple when they failed to turn up for Sunday service. Chad Goetz, University Senior: It was - probably 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. But me, as a person, I'm eternal. I was thinking, "Let me remember everything about you that I can, because we'll get you at some point. His attacks were distinctive for their brutal blows to victims heads, often caused by objects found in the victims own homes. 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. Like "I'm still here. 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. Holly Dunn: I remember Chris in a lot of ways. [18], In his final statement, Resndiz said, "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. USA (Texas) Angel Maturino Resndiz (m) aged 46, Hispanic Mexican national Angel Maturino Resndiz is scheduled for execution on 27 June 2006. Some family members of murder victim Josephine Konvicka, stand in prayer during a memorial service for victims of accused serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz the day after his arrest. Holly Dunn: I just got really scared, because it - it got so big. Heads beaten to a pulp. Money was sometimes left at the scene. The Kentucky murder of Christopher Maier, which Holly Dunn miraculously survived, seemed to match aspects of the murders of Benton and the Sirnics and the DNA once again matched as well. I realized that my mouth wasn't shutting right. 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I hadn't looked at him yet. 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. 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 Two weeks after the murders of the two women in Texas, Resendiz would move his killing grounds north. He would confess to many more before his execution. 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