His attacks were distinctive for their brutal blows to victims heads, often caused by objects found in the victims own homes. Circuit Court of Appeals, Resndiz's death warrant was signed for the murder of Claudia Benton. 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 flew into Houston with my family the night before I was going to testify. You do not deserve this. I don't want another case to prove up. What if someone wanted you dead but you lived to tell? We opened on Sept. 2, 2008, and we have served over 300 victims since that time. 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. My sister was my rock throughout this entire process And she doesn't - maybe didn't even realize how much she was helping me by what she was doing. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: Find a Grave Holly Dunn: I started speaking about two years after the attack. Later police found Morber's red pickup truck in. Angel Maturino Resendiz was born on August 1st 1959 in Izucar de Matomoros, Puebla, Mexico. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Local news report: Resendiz faces capital murder charges in the stabbing death of Dr. Claudia Benton. Look at me. 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 . And it's gotta be about gettin' this guy dead. Just horrific violence. We knew that he was extremely violent. I couldn't attend the funeral. 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. ngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. 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 know the body is going to go to waste. One of Holly Dunn's sandals lays in the ditch near the railroad tracks where Resendiz brutally attacked her and Chris Maier. They didn't know where he was. and what I would want for them is to be proud of, you know, me. He was continuing to kill. No emotion. My whole life focus changed because of it. An FBI handout depicting the face of the Railroad Killer, ngel Maturino Resndiz. Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer. It was very bruised - lots of cuts across her face. And my breathing was shallow enough that he thought he had killed me. 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. ", I was staring at every scar he had, every tattoo he had. After learning about the Railroad killer, read about slave-trading serial killer Patty Cannon. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. / CBS News, Produced by Lourdes Aguiar and Michael McHugh [This story previously aired on Aug. 3, 2013. It was between 1:00 and 2:00. And then I had to heal. He would confess to many more before his execution. So it was an all out race then to try and figure out where he was and get hands on him. After the promised deal was put into writing, the sister convinced him to turn himself into U.S. authorities. Resendiz is escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving his execution date on Jan. 6, 2006. She was able to give a real-life person - to give them a real feeling of the brutality of this man. I testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. : "Railroad Killer" Classification: Serial killer Characteristics: Rape - Robbery Number of victims: 15 Date of murders: 1986-1999 Date of arrest: July 13, 1999 ( surrenders) Date of birth: August 1, 1960 Victims profile: Men and women Method of murder: Stabbing with knife - Beating You do not deserve this. I'm going to be alive forever." Resndiz's first known murder occurred in 1986 when he killed a homeless woman and her boyfriend. I said, "Do you have friends? He used many aliases, but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. Det. Resndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. A lot of people did not want to believe - you have to be crazy to do that to someone. Von Huben's fiance. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Maturino Resendiz is a native of Mexico who crossed illegally into the United States for years, hopping on trains to get around the country. To mark the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book due out in November 2017. Sole survivor of serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz shares details of attack, recovery - CBS News Watch CBS News 48 Hours The Railroad Killer September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM / CBS News. If they saw somebody, we'd get the train stopped, check the train - stop anybody and identify anybody on it. He'd looked at me. 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.. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason and insanity and would convict him and sentence him to death. Get a call from them saying, "Listen, we've had another homicide near railroad tracks in Texas." 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. Heads beaten to a pulp. I get support through victims that come through Holly's House. Because he couldn't get - his arms were all tied up in his backpack. 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. I was sitting in my chair, studying. I don't think I knew what my injuries were. ", 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. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. Det. I've stayed in touch with the victim, Holly, since it began. Devon Anderson: She was definitely our star witness. [citation needed], Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. The sketch was the best thing we had and the DNA evidence, of course. The intense manhunt for the railroad killer had intensified train car searches. The electrical box Resndiz hid behind before attacking Maier and Dunn. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. But three of the messages were from my dad. Craig Sorrell: As part of the search, there was actually a huge operation to stop trains. Description above from the Wikipedia article ngel Maturino Resndiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. The connected crime scenes were entered into VICAP the nationwide data information center that collects, collates, and analyzes information on violent crimess. 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. There were many mornings that I would wake up after a night of running all night in my dreams. I walked about 200 yards or so maybe on the rocks along the tracks. On June 15, 1999, George Morber Sr., 79, and his 51-year-old daughter, Carolyn Frederick, were killed in their Gorham, Ill., home located about 100 yards from a rail line. 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. In Shulenburg, he used that same pickax to kill 73-year-old Josephine Konvicka, leaving the weapon embedded in Konvickas head. I tried to scream. 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. I mean it just felt good to know that he would never be able to hurt anyone ever again. The jury reached a verdict after many hours of deliberation. And there is nothing there. So, I was afraid. Devon Anderson: It was devastating. I knew he was there. He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. Holly Dunn, Heather's sister: In late August 1997, I was a student at the University of Kentucky. Known as the Railroad Killer, he was at one point the FBIs most wanted fugitive. Shot four times with a .38-caliber weapon, with her body dumped in an abandoned farmhouse. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. Resendiz took the victim's cash and fled the scene in the victim's jeep. 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. What do you want? And I could not figure where all the blood had come - was comin' from. Holly gave that to Chris and all the others that had been murdered. I'm still strong. 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. But once he was free, his killings continued anew. "This is what happened to me. So when they walked him in [to the courtroom] it was a great moment, but he was so scary. I just would love to know what he - what he thought when he found that out. It's a nonprofit center in Evansville, Ind. I'm living my life for all of Resendiz's victims, for all of them And that I have to - or I want to - be the best person I can be and live the best life I can, because they didn't get that chance and I did. Between nineteen eighty six and nineteen ninety nine percent is murdered. His last words were: "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. Resndiz tried to steal Konvicka's car but could not find the car keys. Angel Resendiz Destiny Johnson Lafayette High School For nearly two years, a killer literally followed wheatfield Americas ra-lit dawn. FBI. Often the people were in bed asleep when he was getting 'em. It was about the second night of classes. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. Texas authorities determined they had a serial killer on their hands. And that - that was, you know, a very scary time, because I just - I felt - I knew that he knew I was still alive. Resendiz is wanted in connection with a string of deaths in Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. 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. 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. In her stolen car, Resndiz traveled to Schulenberg, Texas, around four miles from Weimar, and the previous Sirnic killings. Dunn managed to free her hands at one point, but couldn't get her feet untied. The broken eye socket, there was nothing they could do. And so, we were talking to each other, trying to figure out how we were going to get away Because Chris kept saying, "You know if you can get yourself untied get away, run away." I don't deserve to cause you pain. On June 4, Resndiz killed two people in one day, sexually assaulting Houston school teacher Noemi Dominguez, before murdering her with a pickax. He died on June 27, 2006 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. 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. 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 . He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. 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. It's not fair that - that I'm still alive and that Chris isn't. Holly Dunn's belt lies discarded along the railroad tracks in Lexington, Ky. But, at some point, I got up, and I realized that he was gone. The Railroad Killers innocuous five-foot, 190-pound appearance belied the monstrous acts hed committed. Money was sometimes left at the scene. Holly Dunn: And I knew that I was going to testify. We had to catch him before he killed somebody else. On June 27, 2006, he was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, at the age of 45. I tried to hit him. Holly Dunn: I just got really scared, because it - it got so big. And, at this point, our attacker ripped a shirt. And he was killing effortlessly. They were attacked, sometimes through burglaries, near the railways and were usually bludgeoned to death with some incidental object. At age 14, he illegally entered Florida, before being deported in 1976. The FBI linked him to at least 15 violent murders, including several in and around Houston. He was the first guy that I dated after the attack. A Lexington couple was charged with Byers' murder, but according to authorities, Resndiz admitted to an FBI agent that he killed her. 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. We lived on 13 acres. He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. 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. Holly Dunn: To know that he was doing it again, that he was more violent, that he was killing more people. And I remember hearing his accent, thinking, "that is a Mexican accent.". You don't have to. We were able to establish - that we had a DNA sample of the suspect - from the rape. Moving north, Resndiz next invaded the home of 80-year-old George Morber, just 100 yards from a railroad track in Gorham, Illinois. I'll be right in front of you. I talk about the trial as the hardest day of my life. 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. I know the body is going to go to waste. [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. He asked us for money. And I turned and looked at him. She is the model of survivor. He died on June 27, 2006. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) 9. I feel like through helping others they're helping me. She is begging someone for her life, and you are you're sleeping. On May 2, 1999, he entered the Weimar, Texas, home of a pastor and his wife. 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. Holly Dunn: And I did keep saying to him, "My friend's still out there. Craig Sorrell: We were the last of the cases presented. He died on June 27, 2006 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. My lieutenant asked me to come out and said it was a bad one. U.S. Customs agents prepare to open a train car north of Laredo, Texas, on June 28, 1999. You know, we were just trying to figure out what he wanted. Devon Anderson: [Dr. Claudia Benton] had been sexually assaulted, stabbed, beaten in the head. Devon Anderson: Holly is a hero because she did not let what happened to her destroy her. His killings continued anew CBS news, live events, and exclusive reporting Schulenberg, Texas, at point... 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