Railroad Killer: Resendez Tracked by Steering Column Print | The FBI Files

A killer rides the rails, vanishing into the night. One glossy shard of plastic changes everything.
In this chilling true-crime investigation from The FBI Files, agents trace a cross-country spree from West University Place to Weimer and beyond, reading a ritualistic signature few offenders display. A fingerprint lifted from a broken steering column, IDs eerily laid out, a toy train on a bed, and DNA links across Texas, Kentucky, and Illinois pull a drifter into focus. Profilers decode behavior, rail cops chase hundreds of tips, and Operation Train Stop mobilizes more than 30 agencies as the tempo accelerates. But which moment finally corners the man the press called the Railroad Killer, and why did he keep returning to the tracks? Watch how forensics, VICAP, and fieldwork close a case that terrified communities living feet from the rails.
Watch now to see how tiny clues on everyday objects revealed a predator hiding in plain sight, and what investigators learned about his evolving methods along the way.
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