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Post by Californian on Jun 27, 2006 19:25:10 GMT -6
(This story is confusing. It looks like a bad rewrite, but apparently, he's dead). HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The Railroad Killer, a drifter who authorities say killed at least 15 people as he made his way around the country by freight train, awaited execution Tuesday. Angel Maturino Resendiz, 46, died by lethal injection for raping and murdering a physician during the 1998-99 killing spree that spread terror across the Southwest and put him on the FBI's Most Wanted list. The slaying of Dr. Claudia Benton, 39, was among eight killings in Texas linked to Resendiz. Two more were tied to him in both Illinois and Florida, along with one each in Kentucky, California and Georgia. Benton was stabbed with a kitchen knife, bludgeoned with a 2-foot bronze statue and raped in 1998 in her Houston home, just down the street from a railroad track. Authorities realized they were pursuing a serial killer when DNA evidence tied Resendiz to Benton's murder and the killings of a church pastor and his wife who were beaten with a sledgehammer as they slept in their house near tracks outside Houston. A month later, the Mexican drifter walked across the international bridge at El Paso from Mexico and surrendered to police as part of a deal arranged by his sister. Benton's husband, George, planned to witness Resendiz's execution "to make the statement that people have to understand what evil really is." "I tried to figure this guy out -- the type of killer who would choose people at random, lie in wait and watch their houses until it's dark and then kill them with something of convenience from their own house," Benton said. "It's beyond my comprehension. I can't really consider the depths of that human behavior." The execution would be the 13th of the year in the nation's most active death penalty state. Several last-day appeals were filed, delaying the scheduled 6 p.m. CDT execution while the U.S. Supreme Court considered them. Resendiz's lead appeals lawyer, Jack Zimmermann, argued that Resendiz could not be executed because he did not believe he could die. The condemned man had described himself to psychiatrists as half-man and half-angel. Mexico's consul general in Houston filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court questioning Resendiz's competency and challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection. Several people from the Mexican consul's Houston office were in Huntsville on Tuesday afternoon but did not see Resendiz. "We do look after the rights of Mexican nationals," Consul General Carlos Gonzalez said. "We watch to make sure the law is applied fairly to a Mexican national." In an interview shortly after arriving on death row in 2000, Resendiz said he recalled the attacks as if were watching something through a tunnel. "Everything you see is in a distance," he said. "Everything is slow and silent." tinyurl.com/rwzkg
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Post by Charlene on Jun 27, 2006 19:26:29 GMT -6
'Railroad Killer' executed
By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press
By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Train-hopping serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 indiscriminate murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed Tuesday night.
In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness.
He was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. CDT.
The Mexican drifter known as the ``Railroad Killer'' was executed for the slaying of physician Claudia Benton 7½ years ago. She was killed during a deadly spree in 1998 and 1999, which earned Resendiz a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list as authorities searched for a murderer who slipped across the U.S. border and roamed the country by freight train.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jun 27, 2006 19:28:01 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2006 19:28:09 GMT -6
(This story is confusing. It looks like a bad rewrite, but apparently, he's dead). HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The Railroad Killer, a drifter who authorities say killed at least 15 people as he made his way around the country by freight train, awaited execution Tuesday. Angel Maturino Resendiz, 46, died by lethal injection for raping and murdering a physician during the 1998-99 killing spree that spread terror across the Southwest and put him on the FBI's Most Wanted list. The slaying of Dr. Claudia Benton, 39, was among eight killings in Texas linked to Resendiz. Two more were tied to him in both Illinois and Florida, along with one each in Kentucky, California and Georgia. Benton was stabbed with a kitchen knife, bludgeoned with a 2-foot bronze statue and raped in 1998 in her Houston home, just down the street from a railroad track. Authorities realized they were pursuing a serial killer when DNA evidence tied Resendiz to Benton's murder and the killings of a church pastor and his wife who were beaten with a sledgehammer as they slept in their house near tracks outside Houston. A month later, the Mexican drifter walked across the international bridge at El Paso from Mexico and surrendered to police as part of a deal arranged by his sister. Benton's husband, George, planned to witness Resendiz's execution "to make the statement that people have to understand what evil really is." "I tried to figure this guy out -- the type of killer who would choose people at random, lie in wait and watch their houses until it's dark and then kill them with something of convenience from their own house," Benton said. "It's beyond my comprehension. I can't really consider the depths of that human behavior." The execution would be the 13th of the year in the nation's most active death penalty state. Several last-day appeals were filed, delaying the scheduled 6 p.m. CDT execution while the U.S. Supreme Court considered them. Resendiz's lead appeals lawyer, Jack Zimmermann, argued that Resendiz could not be executed because he did not believe he could die. The condemned man had described himself to psychiatrists as half-man and half-angel. Mexico's consul general in Houston filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court questioning Resendiz's competency and challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection. Several people from the Mexican consul's Houston office were in Huntsville on Tuesday afternoon but did not see Resendiz. "We do look after the rights of Mexican nationals," Consul General Carlos Gonzalez said. "We watch to make sure the law is applied fairly to a Mexican national." In an interview shortly after arriving on death row in 2000, Resendiz said he recalled the attacks as if were watching something through a tunnel. "Everything you see is in a distance," he said. "Everything is slow and silent." tinyurl.com/rwzkgI'm not sure I understand his lawyer's concern. Client didn't believe he could die. State showed him otherwise. It's a win-win situation from where I stand.
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Post by Californian on Jun 27, 2006 19:33:36 GMT -6
Well, unless we find a big rock rolled away from his tomb on the morning of the third day, he's history.
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Post by kma367 on Jun 27, 2006 19:34:21 GMT -6
I'm not sure I understand his lawyer's concern. Client didn't believe he could die. State showed him otherwise. It's a win-win situation from where I stand. Good one, Consequences. It's too bad that his attorneys waited until the 11th hour to share that tidbit about their client with the courts. kma367
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Post by Californian on Jun 27, 2006 19:36:17 GMT -6
Naw, it's "say anything" time then.
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Post by sweethonesty on Jun 27, 2006 19:36:43 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2006 19:43:40 GMT -6
Justice for the Victims & Victims Families
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Post by spur on Jun 27, 2006 19:59:58 GMT -6
Totally weird.....looks like the fine Officers of TDCJ had to pull a couple hours OT tonight.....something postponed it but thank God it was a delay and not a stay. This clown was definately DP material.
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Post by josephdphillips on Jun 27, 2006 20:06:51 GMT -6
Totally weird.....looks like the fine Officers of TDCJ had to pull a couple hours OT tonight.....something postponed it but thank God it was a delay and not a stay. This clown was definately DP material. There we go. Spread the news, boys. There's a deathrowsexual out there somewhere, chokin' down Kruellers to kill the pain.
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Post by spur on Jun 27, 2006 20:09:57 GMT -6
Another positive outcome is that the last two executions have involved inmates who where received on DR in 2000 and in 2001 That's about a 5.5 year average shelf life for murderers. Still too long but were moving in the right direction.
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Post by RED on Jun 27, 2006 20:23:20 GMT -6
Another victim of his OWN actions. Love, RED 'Railroad Killer' executed By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Train-hopping serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 indiscriminate murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed Tuesday night. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. He was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. CDT. The Mexican drifter known as the ``Railroad Killer'' was executed for the slaying of physician Claudia Benton 7½ years ago. She was killed during a deadly spree in 1998 and 1999, which earned Resendiz a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list as authorities searched for a murderer who slipped across the U.S. border and roamed the country by freight train.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2006 21:00:40 GMT -6
For all the known victims and any unknown victims there may be - may they R.I.P. Jesse Howell, Wendy VonHuben, Christopher Maier, Leafie Mason, Claudia Benton, Norman J. Sirnic, Karen Sirnic, Noemi Dominguez, Josephine Konvicka, George Morber, Sr., Carolyn Frederick And prayers for peace and healing for the survivors and loved ones.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jun 27, 2006 21:53:20 GMT -6
'Railroad Killer' put to death in Texas HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A train-hopping serial killer linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country said "I deserve what I am getting" before he was executed Tuesday night. Angel Maturino Resendiz mumbled a prayer, saying "Lord, forgive me. Lord, forgive me," and acknowledged the presence of relatives watching through a nearby window. "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me," he said as he looked toward the relatives of victims in another room. "You don't have to. I know I allowed the devil to rule my life." "I thank God for having patience for me. I don't deserve to cause you pain. You did not deserve this. I deserve what I am getting," he said. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. CDT. The Mexican drifter known as the "Railroad Killer" was executed for the slaying of physician Claudia Benton 7 1/2 years ago. She was killed during a deadly spree in 1998 and 1999 that earned Resendiz a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list as authorities searched for a murderer who slipped across the U.S. border and roamed the country by freight train. Benton was stabbed with a kitchen knife, bludgeoned with a 2-foot bronze statue and raped in 1998 in her Houston home, just down the street from a railroad track. Authorities realized they were pursuing a serial killer when DNA evidence tied Resendiz to Benton's murder and the killings of a church pastor and his wife who were beaten with a sledgehammer as they slept in their house near tracks outside Houston. A month later, the Mexican drifter walked across the international bridge at El Paso from Mexico and surrendered to police as part of a deal arranged by his sister. Benton's husband, George, witnessed Resendiz's execution "to make the statement that people have to understand what evil really is." What was executed today may have looked like a man, walked and talked like a man but what was contained inside that skin was not a human being," he said. "This is not human behavior but something I can only say is evil contained in human form, a creature without a soul, no conscience, no sense of remorse, no regard for the sanctity of human life." The execution was the 13th of the year in the nation's most active death penalty state. The execution was delayed almost two hours before the U.S. Supreme Court rejected several last-day appeals. Resendiz's lead appeals lawyer, Jack Zimmermann, had argued that his client, who described himself as half-man and half-angel, told psychiatrists he couldn't be executed because he didn't believe he could die. The court also rejected an appeal by the Houston-based consul general of Mexico questioning the Mexican national's competency and challenging the constitutionality of the lethal injection process as cruel and unusual punishment. Capital punishment is not allowed in Mexico. "We do look after the rights of Mexican nationals," Consul General Carlos Gonzalez said. "We watch to make sure the law is applied fairly to a Mexican national." Mexico's Foreign Relations Department protested the execution. "The execution was carried out despite the existence of medical evidence of severe mental problems that, in principle, should have excluded the application of this penalty," according to a statement from the agency. In an interview shortly after arriving on death row in 2000, Resendiz said he recalled the attacks as if were watching something through a tunnel. "Everything you see is in a distance," he said. "Everything is slow and silent." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_re_us/railroad_killer_execution;_ylt=AnDYSf9whVI5OGdh1ox.27Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-
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Post by Stormyweather on Jun 27, 2006 21:55:48 GMT -6
'Railroad Killer' put to death in Texas Angel Maturino Resendiz mumbled a prayer, saying "Lord, forgive me. Lord, forgive me," and acknowledged the presence of relatives watching through a nearby window. "I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me," he said as he looked toward the relatives of victims in another room. "You don't have to. I know I allowed the devil to rule my life." "I thank God for having patience for me. I don't deserve to cause you pain. You did not deserve this. I deserve what I am getting," he said. Doesn't seem to me that he thought he was half angel here. It seems he knew what he was doing.
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Post by trogdor on Jun 27, 2006 22:05:14 GMT -6
Good riddance
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