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Illegal Mexican migrant rapist serial 'Railroad killer' begs forgiveness before dying * Mex migrant murderer executed
Serial killer Angel Resendiz believed he was half man, half angel
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- 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 in Spanish, 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.
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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, 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. Benton, 39, was stabbed with a kitchen knife, struck 19 times with a 2-foot-tall bronze statue and raped in her home eight days before Christmas in 1998 in the Houston enclave of West University Place, just down the street from a railroad track. |