On this day, July 13, in 1999, Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer,” surrendered to authorities in Texas.
Resendiz, suspected of 30 murders across the United States and Mexico, earned his nickname because most of his victims lived near the train tracks.
A Texas Ranger, Resendiz’s sister and a spiritual guide convinced the Mexican drifter to meet them at a bridge connecting El Paso to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahau.
Resendiz believed he was half-man, half-angel and couldn’t be killed.
A jury sentenced Resendiz to death for the rape and murder in 1998 of Dr. Claudia Benton, at her house in Houston. He was executed on June 27, 2006.
-Scott McCabe
