Rafael Resendez-Ramirez
| Ángel Maturino Reséndiz The RailRoad Killer | |
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| FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
| Charges | Serial murder, sexual assault |
| Alias | Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, Ángel Reyes Reséndiz |
| Description | |
| Born |
Ángel Leoncio Reyes Recendis August 1, 1959 Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla |
| Died | June 27, 2006 (aged 46) Huntsville, Texas |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Race | Mestizo |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Weight | 186 lb (84 kg) |
| Status | |
| Penalty | Death sentence |
| Added | June 21, 1999 |
| Executed | June 27, 2006 (aged 46) |
| Number | 457 |
| Executed | |
Angel Maturino Reséndiz (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. Some also involved sexual assault. He became known as "The Railroad (or Railway) Killer" as most of his crimes were committed near railroads where he had jumped off the trains he was using to travel about the country. 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, when he was 39 years old. He was convicted of murder and was executed by lethal injection.
Reséndiz had many aliases but was chiefly known and sought after as Rafael Resendez-Ramirez. One of his aliases, Ángel Reyes Reséndiz, was very close to the name Ángel Leoncio Reyes Recendis given on his birth certificate from Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. Reséndiz was in the United States illegally.
By illegally jumping on and off trains both within and across Mexico, Canada and the United States, generally crossing borders illegally, Reséndiz was able to evade authorities for a considerable time. He also had no fixed address. US government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the US in 1973.
Reséndiz killed as many as 15 people 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. Some of the items that were removed from the homes were returned by his wife after his surrender/capture. Money, however, was sometimes left at the scene. 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.
1. In 1986, an unidentified woman was shot four times with a .38-caliber weapon. Her body was dumped in an abandoned farmhouse. Reséndiz stated that he met the woman at a homeless shelter. They took a motorcycle trip together, bringing a gun along to fire for target practice. Reséndiz said that he shot and killed the woman for disrespecting him.
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