Serial Killer: Angel Maturino Resendiz
True Crime by Chris Bunton
Born in Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico, He used train cars as a means to travel throughout Mexico, and the United States, killing people. This earned him the name “The Railroad Killer.”
It was the 1990’s and Resendiz had killed 16 people. He used whatever weapon was available. Guns, a Brick, a Board, a Sledgehammer, are among the list. He raped several of his victims, and robbed them. He would take the valuable jewelry he stole, back to his family in Mexico. He often took the victims cars, and then abandoned the vehicles in nearby towns, leaving evidence behind.
During the course of his life he was deported several times for illegally entering the United States, and spent around 11 years in American prisons for Burglary, Assault, Auto Theft, and other such crimes.
His sister saw a news report about a man hunt for a killer and the photo matched her brother. So, she called the police. It was her that helped negotiate the surrender by Resendiz. On July 12, 1999 Resendiz surrendered to Texas Rangers, on the bridge between El Paso, Texas and Mexico.
During his trial the question of his competence to stand trial for the death penalty was raised. The prosecution and defense argued and brought…
