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Angel Maturino Resendez: The Railway Killer

Angel Maturino Resendez: The Railway Killer

Drifter Angel Maturino Resendez killed at least 24 people in the U.S., breaking into their homes and bludgeoning most of them before robbing their houses of jewerly and money. He earned his nickname by riding the railroads to get from crime to crime. He was caught in El Paso, Texas, in 1999 and executed by lethal injection in 2006.

In this photo: J. Holden, Angel Maturino Resendez

Photo: STEVE UECKERT/AFP/Getty Images

Jul 23, 1999
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