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Feb 3, 2024 · ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDHN) — The death of Jesse Howell, who was killed in an ATV accident one week ago, has left a huge gap in his family, especially for his mother and little sister. They say he had a huge personality.
- Fight For Life
- Who Is Angel Reséndiz?
- Reséndiz Goes to Trial
- Holly Describes Testifying Against Her Attacker in Interview with KSAT
- Holly Dunn Still Has Scars from Attack
- Forensic Psychologist’S Insight on Angel Reséndiz and His Capture
- Moretexas Crime Stories
In 1997, Holly Dunn was enjoying her life as a college student at the University of Kentucky. But everything changed that summer. On August 29, Holly and her boyfriend Christopher Maier were walking home alongside some railroad tracks in Lexington, Kentucky. Out of nowhere, a man who was hiding behind an electrical box jumped out and attacked Holly...
Reséndizis suspected in as many as 24 murders across the U.S. & Mexico in the ‘90s, including in San Antonio and Houston. He was eventually caught after Reséndiz’s sister Manuela saw her brother on an FBI’s most wanted poster and contacted the police. On July 12, 1999, Texas Ranger Drew Carter accompanied by Manuela and a spiritual guide, met up wi...
Reséndiz went to trial for the December 1998 murder of Houston physician Claudia Benton on May 8, 2000. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and convict and sentence him to death. Reséndiz’s trial was presided over by District Judge William Harmon. County District Attorney John Holmes, Jr., assisted by Devon A...
Holly testified at the hearing and, for the first time, saw her attacker again, this time in court. She describes that experience in the interview shown in the video player at the top of this story. “I didn’t actually look at him. My prosecuting attorney was really good. And she was like, you know, look at me. Look at your family sitting behind me....
Along with being sexually assaulted and having her fiance killed in front of her, Holly suffered numerous injuries. “So I had a broken eye socket, a broken jaw. They never found what he hit me with... And then I think I put my hand up to block, my hand was all swollen. He hit me in my face. I had scratches on my face. Like it was something like a b...
Forensic psychologist Dr. John Delatorre gave some insight into this case. “How do we police miles upon miles upon miles of railroad tracks to find essentially a needle in a stack of needles?” Dr. Delatorre said. “A very complicated case that took a long time to really get everything that they needed to get to find out who this guy was. And it real...
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Von Huben and her fiancé, Jesse Howell, had met Reséndiz near Jacksonville. Hoping to find work picking oranges, the teenaged couple had caught a ride aboard a train's grain car that was also occupied by Reséndiz. He claimed that his motive for their murders was his assumption of Von Ruben and Howell being "anti-Christians". 6 Roberto Castro M
NumberNameSexAge1Unidentified womanFUnknown2Unidentified manMUnknown3Michael WhiteM224Jesse HowellM19Mar 23, 1997 · The police determined that Wendy and Jesse left Illinois in a car with two other teenagers. They slept in it and traveled to different states. But just a few days after arriving in the area of Bradenton, Florida, their romantic plans for a new life started to unravel.
Jul 16, 2000 · Resendiz, 39, told Marion County Sheriff ’ s detectives during aninterview in Texas that he killed Jesse Howell, 19, with a railroadair brake coupling and that he strangled Wendy Von Huben, 16, abouteight hours later.
Jul 16, 2000 · Resendiz, 39, told Marion County sheriff’s detectives during an interview in Texas that he killed Jesse Howell, 19, with a railroad air brake coupling and that he strangled Wendy Von Huben, 16,...
Nov 7, 2000 · Jesse Howell, 19, ran away with Wendy Von Huben, 16, to Florida in 1997. He was killed by a serial killer, who led police to her skeletal remains, which were confirmed by DNA.
