Like, we were looking at each other very confused. is een documentaire televisieserie geproduceerd door NHNZ die werd uitgezonden op Lifetime Movie Network. Drew Carter, Texas Ranger: In December of 1998, a doctor was murdered in the Houston area. She had suffered both stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head. *ociated Press. In his final statement, Resndiz said, "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. Holly Dunn: They said, "Well, could you tell us what he's wearing?" 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 sanc*y of human life.". Holly Dunn: I chose not to attend the execution because Resendiz represented all those angry feelings that I had. And we had no information as to where he was. You do not deserve this. Holly's House is a child and adult advocacy center that provides a safe reporting location for victims of intimate crimes. Drew Carter: The majority of his attacks were by surprise. 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. Von Huben's fiance. 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 Church's beloved pastor and his wife were murdered in their home behind the church by Resendiz. Craig Sorrell: We were the last of the cases presented. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Neil Patmore is a former police officer, and private investigator. : This case for me has become one that I have looked back on many times. Holly Dunn: They repaired my jaw. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. In 1986, Resndiz killed his first victim: an unidentified homeless woman in Texas, according to The Houston Chronicle. In 2006, she received the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for public service, one of the nation's highest honors for humanitarian work. Det. Det. Resndiz confessed to these first two murders in September 2001, in hopes that doing so would speed up his execution. My lieutenant asked me to come out and said it was a bad one. I mean, on the Texas side. Manage Settings Don't give up. Bludgeoned with the same pickaxe used to kill Dominguez in her farmhouse near Weimar, which is also where the Sirnics were murdered. And my dad was like, "Yes, he is." Resndiz found his victims, all of whom were randomly picked, while travelling by stowing away on trains. He became known as "The Railroad (or Railway) Killer" as most of his crimes were committed near railroads . Supposedly the boyfriend of the previous victim. But me, as a person, I'm eternal. Craig Sorrell, Lexington Police Dept: We knew then we had a serial killer on the loose. We of course said, "We don't have any money, we're poor college kids". I was like, "Okay, well, you know, what's gonna happen is gonna happen. The house was located only 100 yards (90 m) away from a railroad track. . 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. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. So it was very startling to see someone come out that was crouched behind an electrical box. Ninety miles away in Fayette County, Texas, Josephine Konvicka, 73, was killed by a blow of the same pickax used to kill Noemi Dominguez. [Emotional] I don't think Jacob even knows like how much he helped me by just listening to me. And they still couldn't find him. I knew that I was hurt. A Harris County sheriff's deputy confers with accused serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz at the start of his capital murder trial for the murder of Dr. Claudia Benton on May 8, 2000, in. And they - I mean, I literally - I felt my hearing going into my head. And so, I just stopped. I'm still strong. She is begging someone for her life, and you are you're sleeping. This man had no friends. I testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. I'm going to be alive forever." You do not deserve this. He raped some of his female victims; however, rape was probably a secondary intent. In de show kunnen overlevenden in hun eigen . But it wasnt until Resndiz killed two teenage runaways in 1997 near railroad tracks in central Florida that investigators linked those slayings to his previous crimes and realized that they had a serial killer on their hands. Texas authorities determined they had a serial killer on their hands. And the center passenger, I immediately recognized as Resendiz. The FBI then obtained a federal warrant for Resndizs arrest in late May 1999, and formed a multi-agency task force to apprehend him. Det. 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. 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. ngel Maturino Resndiz (born ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis), a.k.a. An amount of time passed, and you see a pickup truck drivin' up, drivin' across the bridge. Holly Dunn: And I did keep saying to him, "My friend's still out there. He'd looked at me. In 1997, I met Jacob Pendleton at the outdoor store that I was working at. Craig Sorrell: They were able, through fingerprint analysis, to have a suspect. And, you know, it was just - I just felt like it wasn't fair. On June 27, 2006, he was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, at the age of 45. 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. And Resndiz didnt spare Frederick, beating her to death, then sexually assaulting her afterward. Det. Lexington, KY, Police DeptThe electrical box Resndiz hid behind before attacking Maier and Dunn. He died on June 27, 2006 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. 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. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. A rock from our crime scene and a railroad spike that I got from down in Texas. The Sirnics' red, Bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe in her apartment. At the time of his arrest, he was married to a woman named Julieta Dominguez Reyes, with whom he had a daughter, Liria. [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. I realized that my mouth wasn't shutting right. 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. 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. Maturino Resendiz was sentenced to death for the December 1998. rape and murder of a Houston-area physician. A sheriff confers with accused serial killer. That gave me a small sense of satisfaction, that he was scared. I had already seen one person die in front of me and I did not need to see another. June 15, Gorham, Illinois: George Morber and Carolyn Frederick: Resndiz also claimed to have killed seven additional people in Mexico. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: Find a Grave Holly Dunn: I felt, I guess, relieved. Angel Maturino Resendiz was born on August 1st 1959 in Izucar de Matomoros, Puebla, Mexico. No emotion. 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. Angel Maturino Resendiz was once the most wanted man in America. 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. It was held here in Houston. He was the first guy that I dated after the attack. 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. Often the people were in bed asleep when he was getting 'em. You know, I remember saying, "Why are you doing this? His birth name was ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. Condemned serial killer ngel Maturino Resndiz, the drifter dubbed the Railroad Killer, being escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving an execution date. He used many aliases, but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. 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. Morber was shot to death with a shotgun and Frederick bludgeoned with that weapon. He later returned to live with his mother around the age of 12. At age 14, he illegally entered Florida, before being deported in 1976. 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 writing, I found, really helped me deal with what had happened. TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATTACKINTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, U.S. - MEXICO BORDER. Nobody else could speak out against him in first person. But truthfully, the tip that made the case was a call from a family relative to "America's Most Wanted.". He was housed in the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas awaiting execution. You don't have to. And not knowing, I assume, whether he was gonna show up or not, if he was gonna show up armed. They just stapled on top of her hair. Resndiz's first known murder occurred in 1986 when he killed a homeless woman and her boyfriend. After being raped, beaten and stabbed, Holly somehow found the will to survive. 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. Being a survivor is one thing, but helping other survivors and knowing how to do that in a professional manner was another thing. I know the body is going to go to waste. I'm going to be alive forever." And thinking, "I'm going to die.". ", On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. I knew that I had to heal physically first. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat. 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. So the judge sentenced him to death. I wish I could've seen his face when he knew she was comin' to testify against him. And I don't know if it was an ice pick, if it was a screwdriver, but he had it on Chris the whole time. Holly Dunn: It was very dark and you couldn't see very well. Having also confessed to eight other murders, Resndiz was sentenced to death, following an automatic appeal. He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. An FBI handout depicting the face of the Railroad Killer, ngel Maturino Resndiz. And really that was the only thing that they could fix. Resndiz continued riding the rails and committing murders across several states, with the ferocity of his attacks increasing with each stop. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. 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. I knew he was there. On May 2, 1999, he entered the Weimar, Texas, home of a pastor and his wife. We lived on 13 acres. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. Det. 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. Chris was so friendly he was very laid back and down to earth he loved the outdoors, he didn't have a care in the world. And she was also the victim of a sexual assault. "This is what happened to me. He is believed to have had a difficult childhood and ran away from home at a young age to escape his . You do not deserve this. 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. On July 13, 1999, Resndiz, accompanied by family, surrendered on an El Paso border-crossing bridge, shaking Ranger Carters hand. 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. 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. It was there that she told me the worst story that I had heard in my life. Det. So be determined. It was between 1:00 and 2:00. 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. Five six, five eight in height. It just fell off. I know the body is going to go to waste. What do you want? I just wanted the chance to tell what had happened to us. Devon Anderson: After the trial, Resendiz was sent to death row in Huntsville, Texas. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. 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. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. He was a little guy. Resndiz also confessed to this murder in September 2001. Her rural farmhouse was not far from Weimar, causing residents there to become terrified of the very thing that their town was built upon - the railroad. 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. She would learn that her attacker was responsible for a multi-state killing spree. Resndiz stated that he met the woman at a homeless shelter. I get support through victims that come through Holly's House. We were so close. Holly Dunn: I just got really scared, because it - it got so big. The FBI linked the Railroad Killer to at least 15 murders across several states in the 1990s and only one woman survived to tell the tale, after being beaten, raped, and left for dead. 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 got my hands untied. And I woke up during the middle of the night screaming and crying. Craig Sorrell: For two years we had operated under the belief that his name was Rafael Resendez Ramirez. You can have our car it's just parked down the street." He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. On June 4, Resndiz killed two people in one day, sexually assaulting Houston school teacher Noemi Dominguez, before murdering her with a pickax. Beaten to death with an antique fire iron after entering her house through a window. Maybe this is what I had been running from in all those dreams as a child - this horrific story that happened to my sister.". His birth name was ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer. Devon Anderson: I read an account of the execution, and it said that right before they injected him, his feet were shaking under the sheet. [citation needed], Prior to surrendering at the El Paso bridge, the U.S. Border Patrol had arrested Resndiz and deported him back to Mexico. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. Most victims were found covered with something or obscured from view in some other way. 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. 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. I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. Maturino Resendiz is a native of Mexico who crossed illegally into the United States for years, hopping on trains to get around the country. Holly Dunn: To know that he was doing it again, that he was more violent, that he was killing more people. And, at this point, our attacker ripped a shirt. I thought she was going to die. Resndiz was pronounced dead at 8:05p.m. CDT (01:05 UTC) on June 27, 2006. I'm lucky enough to have my amazing husband and have Chris be a part of our lives. 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. The race was on to find him before he killed again. Devon Anderson, Harris County Prosecutor: The sense of urgency was - it was unbelievable because people were dying. But I just buckled down and just decided - it's gotta be about the victims. He was not tried for any other crimes. He had like this smug look on his face. And that was my chance. The Railroad Killer shot Morber in the back of the head with a shotgun, before Morbers 57-year-old daughter, Carolyn Frederick arrived. And the pastor and his wife were murdered in their bed with a sledgehammer that was found in a tool room there at the house. I can't forget about Chris being hit the rock hitting him. Money was sometimes left at the scene. Craig Sorrell: As part of the search, there was actually a huge operation to stop trains. tied to a tree, dead from strangulation. He promised her that Resndiz would be granted personal safety in jail, regular visitation rights for his family and a psychological evaluation. Angel Maturino Resendiz, left, confers with attorney Rudy Duarte. That's when he stabbed me in my neck. I said, "Yes. Prison officials allowed the condemned killer to speak his final words before the lethal cocktail of drugs was plunged into his veins. Four days later, he's in a different state. I thank God for having patience in me. Holly Dunn: I don't have things that I think about all the time.
