Sole Survivor by Holly Dunn

Author:Holly Dunn [Dunn, Holly K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2017-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Now that we had a suspect, Detective Sorrell was firing on all cylinders—flying to DC for follow-up episodes of America’s Most Wanted and to Houston for meetings with investigators. Ever since our cases had been connected, Detective Sorrell had developed a close working relationship with Texas Ranger Drew Carter. Sergeant Carter had spent a decade with the Texas Highway Patrol, but he’d been a Ranger for only five months when he was assigned to investigate the murder of Dr. Claudia Benton. Detective Sorrell continued to keep me updated on their activities, though he refrained from bombarding me with too much information. Instead, I constantly went online to read the latest news reports on the Railroad Killer’s actions and possible whereabouts. I learned that the day after we filmed our segment for America’s Most Wanted, investigating agencies set up a joint task force that met at the FBI’s Houston office. The FBI, US Marshals, Texas Rangers, Houston police, Kentucky homicide, the entire Union Pacific Railroad security force, and other law enforcement officers from affected jurisdictions came together in a strategic effort they called Operation Train Stop.

Teams of officers—in patrol cars, on foot, in helicopters, on horseback, some with night vision goggles or search dogs—looked everywhere there was a freight train, possible sighting, or promising lead. Just like the initial investigation after our attack in Lexington, the killer’s all-too-generic face seemed to be everywhere. Citizens across the country called in more than eighteen hundred leads. One hundred forty thousand miles of freight rails could take Resendez-Ramirez to almost any town in any state in America. He left plenty of evidence at his crime scenes but little trail to follow as to where he might strike next. The thought of it unnerved me the entire time he remained at large.

There was something both reassuring and terribly frightening about what had become a national manhunt for the Railroad Killer. For most people, this was a bogeyman who might descend on their towns, break into their homes, and kill them in their sleep. For me, he was someone real and vivid—someone I knew more intimately than I ever should have, someone who had caused me, Chris, and our families immeasurable grief and pain. But my personal experience with him would also prove to be key to finding him and bringing him to justice.

My America’s Most Wanted interview with Anne Garofalo aired the next Saturday, June 12. I was back in Evansville for a visit with my family, who gathered around me to watch the broadcast.

“Last week we warned you it appears we have a serial killer on our hands,” announced host John Walsh, “and now the whole country is on alert. Cops say a killer is riding the rails, and he struck two more times this week.”

My heart dropped. Only a week had gone by and yet two more people were dead.

Resendez-Ramirez had made his way back to Houston where he sexually assaulted and killed a twenty-six-year-old elementary school teacher named Noemi Dominguez.

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