SERIAL KILLER: Angel Maturino Reséndiz; AKA The Railroad Killer
12/19/17
Reséndiz: Born (8/1/1959) Died (6/27/2006)
Suspected in 23 murders across North America & Mexico during 1990s
Deported 4 times since entering the USA in 1973
Reséndiz was thought to commit some 23 murders, some involved sexual assault, near railways where he traveled across the country illegally. Jumping off the train on railways to do these acts. Reséndiz killed his victims with rocks, a pick axe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. After each murder, he would linger in the homes for a while, mainly to eat; he took sentimental things and laid out the victims’ driver’s licenses to learn a bit about the lives he had taken. He stole jewelry and other items and gave them to his wife in Mexico. Much of the jewelry was sold or melted down. He raped some of his female victims; rape served as a secondary intent. 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, at age 39. He was convicted of murder and was executed by lethal injection (aged 46).
