KILLER
KILLER SPREAD TERROR THROUGHOUT THE
THE
THE COUNTRY, AND KENTUCKY WAS ONE OF
HIS HUNTING GROUNDS.
ONLY ONE4@ VICTIM IS KNOWN TO HE
SURVIVED HIS ATTACKS.
HER NAME IS HOLLY DUNN, AND4@ 20-YEARS
LATER SHE SHARED HER TERRIFYING
4@
STORY
4@ STORY
4@ STORY WITH THE I-TEAM'S JOHN CHARLTON,
4@
WHICH HAPPENED4@ TO COINCIDE WIH
HER
HER NEW
HER NEW BOOK...APTLY NAMED "SOLE SURVIVOR."
SURVIVOR." 4@
4@
4@ HOLLY
4@ HOLLY DUNN/SOLE SURVIVOR4@4@
2:32-2:37
2:32-2:37
4@
4@ TWO
4@ TWO BOYS CAN BE A HANDFUL...BUT
HOLLY
HOLLY
HOLLY DUNN... ...ISN'T COMPLAINING...
EVERYDAY IS A BLESSING...
...BECAUSE THIS DAY AN4@D THE MY
BEFO4@RE
BEFO4@RE
BEFO4@RE IT ARE THE EXCEPTION... SHE'S THE "SOLE SURVIVOR"...OF A
HORROR GOING BACK...
..4@.TO THE 80'S AND 90'S...
19-97...THE YEAR OF PUFF DADDY4@
AND
AND
AND 4@
4@
4@ MACE...
MACE...
MACE... ...WHEN BIGGIE, WAS, WELL, BIG...
HOLLY...4@
BIG... HOLLY...4@ I WASN'T OUT DANCING.
...PREFERRED MUSIC LESS4@
MAINSTREAM...
I LOVED BEN FOLDS FIVE...
4@
4@ ...AND
4@ ...AND BARE NAKE LADIES. 19-97 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD
4@
YEAR...
4@ YEAR... I WAS IN THIS NEW4@
RELATIONSHIP...
...FULL OF GOOD TIMES AS A4@4@
JUNIOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY...
4@
4@ I
4@ I JUST
4@ I JUST HAD A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD
TO, I WAS GOING TO DO
REALLY WELL IN SCHOOL THAT YEAR.
A NEW YEAR, AND A NEW
BOYFRIEND... HE JUST WAS KIND TO EVERYONE.
AN UNFORGETTABLE SMILE, CHRIS
MAIER'S
INTRODUCTION AT A COLLEGE BAR
WAS
UNIQUE AS WELL...4@
CHRIS SHOWED ME HIS TOES AND
SAID
LOOK WE HAVE THE SAME TOES, I
HAD ON SILVER TOE NAIL POLISH
AND SO DID HE.
IT WAS EXCITING.4@..
KIDS GIDDY WHILE GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER...
EACH OTHER... BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A SINISTER
CHARACTER
CHARACTER
CHARACTER WAS MOVING IN... ...RIDING THE RAILS THROUGH
KENTUCKY...
AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM
MEXICO, ANGEL4@
MATURINO RESENDIZ TOOK "ILLEGAL"
TO THE
TO THE
TO THE WORST LEVEL... BEFORE ARRIVING, RESENDIZ HAD
ALREADY4@
MURDERED AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE IN
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS AND
TEXAS AND FLORIDA... DUBBED THE "RAILROAD KILLER"...
...RESENDIZ'S VICTIMS, BOTH MEN
AND WOMEN,
AND WOMEN, WERE FOUND ALONG OR NEAR TRAIN TRACKS...
HE OFTEN BEAT HIS VICTIMS TO
DEATH,
SEVERAL TIMES RAPING THE4@
WOMEN...
WOMEN...
IT
IT WAS
IT WAS A
IT WAS A THURSDAY NIGHT. AUGUST 28TH, CHRIS PICKED UP HOLLY TO GO
TO A PARTY NEAR CAMPUS, ON4@
SUBURBAN4@
COURT...4@
SUBURBAN4@ COURT...4@ I ONLY KNEW MAYBE A COUPLE OF
PEOP4@LE
PEOP4@LE AT THIS PARTY. SENSING HO4@LLY WASN'T HAVING F,
CHRIS
CHRIS
CHRIS ASKED HER TO TAKE A 4@WALK... THE IDEA TO GO BY THE TRACKS WAS
CHRIS ASKED HER TO TAKE A 4@WALK... THE IDEA TO GO BY THE TRACKS WA@
HIS IDEA.
HIS IDEA.
HIS IDEA. IT WAS DARK WITH IRONICALLY4@ HARDLY
ANY LIGHT COMING FROM THE G-E4@
LIGHTBULB PLANT TO THE LEFT...
THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE...@
WE GOT UP TO HEAD BACK TO THE4@
PARTY. ...BUT LURKING IN THE SHADOWS
WAS A
SERIAL KILLER, AND HE4@
APPROACHED...
APPROACHED...
4@
4@ IT
4@ IT REALLY FELT LIKE HE WAS4@ ASKING IF WE HAD MONEY, HE JUST
4@
WANTED TO BE A BEGGAR THAT YOU
WOULD MEET ON THE SIDE OF THE
STREET THAT HE WAS ASKING FOR
SO4@ME MONEY.
RESENDIZ WAS A SMALL GUY...
HE WAS 5, 6 I THINK.
...A FOOT SMALLER THAN CHRIS...
BUT HE HAD A WEAPON HOLLY SAYS
SHE DIDN'T SEE...4@
CHRIS SAW IT...
I WAS KIND OF IN MY HEAD4@
THINKING, LIKE WHY IS CHRIS
4@
4@
4@ DOING
4@ DOING WHAT HE'S ASKING HIM TO
DO? BECAUSE HE ASKED HIM TO GET
DOWN TO GO THROUGH CHRIS'
BACKPACK. COOPERATIVE BECAME SUBMISSIVE AS
RESENDIZ TIED CHRIS' HANDS
BEHIND HIS BACK WITH HIS4@ BACKPACK STRAPS, AND
HIS FEET WITH OTHER STRAPS...
RESENDIZ USED HOLLY'S BELT TO
4@
4@
4@ BIND
4@ BIND HER...
BIND HER... I GOT MY HANDS UNTIED, I HELD ONTO MY BELT BEHIND MY BACK
SO IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS STILL
TIED
UP...
TIED UP... ...AND I WAS TRYING TO GET
CHRIS' HANDS UNTIED, I COULD NOT
GET HIS HANDS UNTIED, I COULDN'T
GET MY FEET UNTIED.
THEY COULDN'T RUN, AND EVEN IF SHE COULD, HOLLY WASN'T LEAVING@
CHRIS' SIDE...IN4@
CHRIS' SIDE...IN4@ THE DITCH NEXT TO THE TRACKS,4@ FACE DOWN IN4@
THE WEEDS...
THE LAST THING HE SAID TO ME WAS
THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE
O.K.
O.K.
O.K. A
O.K. A BRIEF SENSE OF CALM, BUT WORDS
FURTHEST FROM THE TRUTH... SOON
RESENDIZ REVEALED WHO HE WAS...A
MONSTER...
MONSTER... MY MIND DOESN'T REALLY LET ME4@@ REMEMBER THAT VERY WELL.
HOLLY
HOLLY COULD REMEMBER THAT RESENDIZ PICKED UP A ROCK, A4@ HEAVY ONE...
I MEAN IT WAS A 52 POUND ROCK.
...AND MOVED OVER TO CHRIS...
HE BASICALLY JUST DROPPED THE
ROCK ON HIS HEAD.
LAYING THERE, SHE HAD TO WITNESS
4@
THE
4@ THE
4@ THE HORROR OF HER BOYFRIEND DYING4@
RIGHT NEXT TO HER...
HE WENT OVER TO HIM AND CAME4@
BACK TO ME AND SAID HE'S GONE,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM ANYMORE.4@
HOLLY WAS READY TO FIGHT,
KICKING AND
SCREAMING AS RESENDIZ GOT ON TOP
OF HER...4@
OF HER...4@ HE STABBED ME IN MY NECK AND HE
SAID LOOK AT HOW EASILY I COULD
KILL YOU AND I JUST STOPPED.4@
RESENDIZ VIOLATED HER AS A4@ TRAIN...
...WENT BY...4@
WHEN HE WAS FINISHED, HE
PROCEEDED TO FINISH HER OFF...
I WAS HIT WITH SOME KIND OF4@
BOARD, THEY NEVER FOUND
WHAT HE HIT ME WITH.
KNOCKED OUT AND PRESUMED DEAD,
RESENDIZ LEFT HOLLY AT THE
TRACKS...
SHE EVENTUALLY CAME TO AND
STRUGGLED
OVER TO THE ONLY HOUSE SHE COULD
4@
SEE
4@ SEE
4@ SEE WITH A LIGHT ON...
I'M SURE IT SCARED HIM BECAUSE
HE
WAS JUST SITTING THERE DOING HIS
HOMEWORK
HOMEWORK WITH THE TELEVISION ON AND YOU HAVE A BLOODY PERSON
WALK INTO YOUR HOUSE HE...4@
CHAD GOETZ SAYS HE CALLED 911.
...WAS SHAKEN UP, SHARING HIS
REACTION
WITH LOCAL MEDIA...4@
SHE WALKED IN I WAS ALARMED AT
FIRST BECAUSE I THOUGHT
SOMEBODY MIGHT BE COMING AFTER
ME.4@
HOLLY SUFFERED A BROKEN JAW AND
EYE
EYE
EYE SOCKET, A STAB WOUND, AND DEEP GASHES ON HER SCALP...
MY HAIR WAS SO RED FROM BLOOD
THAT MY DAD THOUGHT THAT I
HAD DYED MY HAIR RED.4@
HOLLY WAS ON A LONG ROAD TO
RECOVERY...
MEANWHILE THE "RAILROAD
KILLER"...
...GOT AWAY...4@
DESPITE THE MANHUNT...
IT OPENS BACK UP INSIDE.
...ON AND AROUND THE TRACKS IN4@
LOUISVILLE...
AND THE ONE THE F-B- I...4@
NEWEST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN.
...HEADED UP NATIONWIDE... WHEN
POLICE FINALLY TRACKED DOWN THE
KILLER FROM THE TRACKS IN 19-99,
RESENDIZ MURDERED AT LEAST
15-PEOPLE... HE WAS EXECUTED 7- YEARS4@
LATER...4@
IT'S QUITE A STORY...4@
ONE TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT...
...AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THIS
"SOLE4@
ONE TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT... ...AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THIS "SOLE4@4@
SURVIVOR" DID...
I HAVE WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK
FOR4@
ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS.
HOLLY'S STORY IS HER JOURNEY4@
BEFORE...
I THINK IT WAS MORE THAT I HAVE
A REALLY ONE OF A KIND STORY.
...DURING... I KNOW IT'S A HARD STORY TO
READ.
...AND AFTER THE ATTACK...
4@I WANT IT TO GET INTO SURVIVO'
HANDS THAT NEED HELP IN THEIR
HEALING. IT'S PART OF THE RECOVERY...
YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID FOR ME IS,
IS
IS
IS IT
IS IT WAS
IS IT WAS SOMEWHAT FREEING, I M4@EN
THE STORY NO LONGER JUST LIES
WITH ME, THE STORY IS NOW IN WORDS.4@
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED...
...THEORETICALLY HOLLY CAN NOW
LET THE BOOK TELL HER STORY...
I CAN SAY THAT'S ALL IN THE
BOOK.
...SINCE SHE'S THE "ONLY ONE,"
TO LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT...
MY
MY HOPE
MY HOPE IS THAT IT STAYS ON THE SHELVES AND THAT PEOPLE THAT
NEED IT CAN GET THE BOOK WHEN THEY NEED IT.
JOHN CHARLTON WHAS11 NEWS.