is een documentaire televisieserie geproduceerd door NHNZ die werd uitgezonden op Lifetime Movie Network. I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. So, I was afraid. 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. Moving north, Resndiz next invaded the home of 80-year-old George Morber, just 100 yards from a railroad track in Gorham, Illinois. His body was found in the front yard of an abandoned downtown house. Resendez was in the United States illegally. You have to be crazy. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife and mother, who lived in Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. He was prone to violence at least 20 years prior to this killing spree. Resendiz is escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving his execution date on Jan. 6, 2006. Condemned serial killer ngel Maturino Resndiz, the drifter dubbed the Railroad Killer, being escorted from a Houston courtroom after receiving an execution date. Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death, How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, Five deaths with a connection to Alex Murdaugh's family investigated, Never-before-seen photos and details about accused Idaho killer, the attack on Holly and her friend Chris Maier. 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. I don't know how long I laid there. Video: "48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer. Devon Anderson: She was definitely our star witness. Resendiz is escorted from the courtroom after receiving an execution date on Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, in Houston. And, so, her face looked off. I wanted to have that chance to have some peace. Craig Sorrell, Lexington Police Dept. Craig Sorrell: For two years we had operated under the belief that his name was Rafael Resendez Ramirez. The search for Resndiz now received widespread national media attention, even appearing on an episode of Americas Most Wanted. Bludgeoned to death with a tire rim in her home, which was located near CSX Transportation railroad tracks. And I just kept talkin' to her 'cause I definitely didn't want her to pass out, ya know, I was just trying to keep her awake until the paramedics got there. . 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. He died on June 27, 2006 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. Like, all right, you know, is this gonna happen? I thank God for having patience in me. And that was my chance. Don't give up. And, you know, be upset. Our last clue was Texas. We had a great time growing up together. Det. One of his aliases, ngel Reyes Resndiz, was very close to the name ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis given on his birth certificate from Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. Morber was shot to death with a shotgun and Frederick bludgeoned with that weapon. Do you have a family? We knew we were battling with the jury not wanting to believe that someone could do these horrible things to people and be sane. There was not a shred of humanity about this man. Some also involved sexual *ault. I want them to be remembered. 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. numerous female homicides in Ciudad Jurez, TruTV Crime Library articles about Resndiz, The International Justice Project's biography of Resndiz, People magazine online article about Resndiz, Texas Execution Information Center article about Resndiz, The Crime Web's December timeline article that mentions Resndiz, Unspecified date in 1986, Bexar County, Texas: An unnamed homeless woman and her boyfriend, July 19, 1991, Lexington, Kentucky: Michael White, 33. But, at some point, I got up, and I realized that he was gone. If they saw somebody, we'd get the train stopped, check the train - stop anybody and identify anybody on it. Det. Then, delve into the mystery of the Chicago Strangler. Drew Carter: Detective Sorrell called and we compared details about the cases. Kind of a wavy, black hair, wearing glasses. And so, we could talk to each other, and Chris and I started strategizing, you know, saying, "OK, should I run? Holly Dunn: They repaired my jaw. 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. ngel Maturino Resndiz, a Mexican drifter suspected of murdering at least eight people, is escorted into court. Some of the stolen items that had been removed from his victims' homes were returned by his wife and mother after his surrender. So, I could never get someone to hear my screams or run fast enough. I was thinking, "Let me remember everything about you that I can, because we'll get you at some point. And he would just listen to me. And Resndiz didnt spare Frederick, beating her to death, then sexually assaulting her afterward. After being raped, beaten and stabbed, Holly somehow found the will to survive. You know, we were just trying to figure out what he wanted. Det. So I want to live for them. I knew that I had to heal physically first. Holly Dunn: I definitely feel like I have another opportunity at life. Holly Dunn: And I did keep saying to him, "My friend's still out there. We had that special bond that you hear people talk about. 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 Houston. 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. We were so close. The first question that the prosecutor asked me on the stand was "What did you do last weekend?" Continue with Recommended Cookies. Devon Anderson, Harris County Prosecutor: The sense of urgency was - it was unbelievable because people were dying. Det. Drew Carter: And so then, you know, the doubt sets in. Craig Sorrell: They were able, through fingerprint analysis, to have a suspect. ", On June 21, 2006, a Houston judge ruled that Resndiz was mentally competent to be executed. With his final words stating, I deserve what I am getting, the Railroad killer died by lethal injection on June 27, 2006. And after two years, we hadn't had anything of substance anyway, so we chased any lead. Resendiz had broken into the victim's house by going through an open door. I was so scared that I had to get out of the country. 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. I actually stuck my tongue out so that the gag wouldn't work. As soon as I could get the surgery to get my jaw wired shut and my jaw fixed, my parents took me home. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. People were scared. His attacks were distinctive for their brutal blows to victims heads, often caused by objects found in the victims own homes. FBI. 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. Nobody else could speak out against him in first person. Railroad tracks wind their way through Weimar, Texas, past the Weimar United Church of Christ. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. 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. I started to feel like, "Wow, this is a lot bigger than me." Holly Dunn: I don't have things that I think about all the time. 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. And even in that state of her looking the way that she did, I can just remember this feeling of overwhelming gratitude and love that she was alive. That gave me a small sense of satisfaction, that he was scared. On July 13, 1999, Resndiz, accompanied by family, surrendered on an El Paso border-crossing bridge, shaking Ranger Carters hand. Holly Dunn: I felt, I guess, relieved. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP via Getty Imagesngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. The house was located only 100 yards (90 m) away from a railroad track. Archived from the original on December 29, 2004. He was convicted of capital murder in Texas and executed by lethal injection in 2006. Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. As dread escalated across communities easily reachable by train, Resendez was placed on the FBIs 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Resndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. Angel Maturino Resendiz. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. According to Justice Department documents, Resndiz was born on Aug. 1, 1959, in Puebla, Mexico, as ngel Leoncio Reyes Recendis. That's when he started hitting me. We didn't have anybody else. That they're not going through what - what has happened to them alone. He was the first guy that I dated after the attack. 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. Holly Dunn, Chris Maier's girlfriend, somehow managed to survive after being raped, stabbed, beaten and left for dead by Resendiz. I deserve what I am getting.". At the time of his arrest, he was married to a woman named Julieta Dominguez Reyes, with whom he had a daughter, Liria. Not so much as a reminder of the largest case I worked, but more a reminder that if you stick with a case and follow up on everything that you can be successful. 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. June 15, Gorham, Illinois: George Morber and Carolyn Frederick: Resndiz also claimed to have killed seven additional people in Mexico. Von Huben's fiance. ", Devon Anderson: I wanted it to be the last thing that jury heard and the last thing they saw was Holly Dunn sitting on that witness stand saying, "That's the man.". And there is nothing there. Resndiz was tried and sentenced to death for the Benton murder. He went through his backpack and didn't find anything that he wanted. She was lying on her side and I put my head to her face and just held her. 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. [citation needed], Prior to surrendering at the El Paso bridge, the U.S. Border Patrol had arrested Resndiz and deported him back to Mexico. 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.. Resndiz surrendered to Carter. At least 15 people across the US hopping across state lines by traveling in secret on freight trains. Known as The Railroad Killer, Angel Resendiz killed at least 9 people, and is thought that he have taken more lives. Christopher Maier. He had at least 1 sister, Manuela, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Money was sometimes left at the scene. And my breathing was shallow enough that he thought he had killed me. They didn't know where he was. 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. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. - Alternate link. Craig Sorrell: Holly described the suspect as a male, possibly Hispanic. Devon Anderson: And I wish I could've seen his face when he heard that someone was living. I testified as to the evidence at the scene, presented the pictures And then, lastly, Holly testified as the only surviving victim. Having also confessed to eight other murders, Resndiz was sentenced to death, following an automatic appeal. ngel Maturino Resndiz enters a federal courtroom in July 1999. Holly Dunn: I chose not to attend the execution because Resendiz represented all those angry feelings that I had. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Bipartisan Senate group unveils rail safety bill in response to Ohio derailment, What to know about Shigella bacteria as drug-resistant strain spreads, Top Dems push Fox News to stop promoting "propaganda" about 2020 election. and he came over and literally just dropped it on Chris' head. ngel Maturino Resndiz : biography August 1, 1960 - June 27, 2006 (aged 46) 9. Resndiz said that he shot and killed the woman for disrespecting him. His victims include a doctor, a. I get support through victims that come through Holly's House. There was no doubt in my mind. And so I was like, I graduated from college. 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. The Sirnics' red, Bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe in her apartment. I was constantly running away from someone. Holly Dunn: I remember Chris in a lot of ways. And not that he cared, because I don't think he did. Resndiz said he shot and killed him and dumped his body in a creek somewhere between San Antonio and Uvalde. He was executed in the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 27, 2006, by lethal injection. 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. 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. He is believed to have had a difficult childhood and ran away from home at a young age to escape his . She was our only living witness. She is the model of survivor. 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. A sheriff confers with accused serial killer. I mean, who knew? You know, "I will let you go. He would look - he'd look at everybody in there. He'd looked at me. You can have our car it's just parked down the street." We had to catch him before he killed somebody else. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973. Police found her Jeep Cherokee in San Antonio with Resendiz' fingerprints on the steering column. ngel Maturino Resndiz was born on August 1, 1959 in Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. In de show kunnen overlevenden in hun eigen . He was . September 2, 2017 / 11:05 PM And I decided to stay with my family, be surrounded by my family. 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. 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. And then I had to heal. He used many aliases, but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. Det. 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. 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. Dunn managed to free her hands at one point, but couldn't get her feet untied. Honestly. And I went to a party with my boyfriend, Chris Maier, not far from campus. He was put to death five months. It was held here in Houston. That really is probably the part that I try the hardest and can't forget. I deserve what I am getting." Holly and her husband named their first born son William Christopher in honor of Chris Maier. It was a Thursday night. U.S. Customs agents prepare to open a train car north of Laredo, Texas, on June 28, 1999. FBIResndizs FBI wanted poster under an alias. 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.. Like, we were looking at each other very confused. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: Find a Grave Holly Dunn: [Devon Anderson] told me, "Don't look at him. 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. 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.". ", I was begging him, "Please don't hurt me." I'll be right in front of you. Marking the 20-year anniversary of her survival, Holly Dunn has written a book about her harrowing story. I wish I could've seen his face when he knew she was comin' to testify against 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.". ", 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. Resndiz surrendered to Carter. Holly Dunn: It's important to me for victims to be supported. 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. Maturino Resendiz is a native of Mexico who crossed illegally into the United States for years, hopping on trains to get around the country. He died on June 27, 2006 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. I had already seen one person die in front of me and I did not need to see another. Shortly before his execution on June 27, 2006, Resendiz confessed to other murders in addition to the known nine at the time of trial. 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