Holly Dunn: The Sole Survivor of the Railroad Killer Ángel Reséndiz

When Killers Get Caught with Brittany Ransom · Aug 27, 2026 · 38m

Holly Dunn was the only known survivor of Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, the serial killer who became known as the Railroad Killer.

In 1997, 20-year-old Holly and her boyfriend, Christopher Maier, were attacked near railroad tracks in Lexington, Kentucky. Christopher was murdered. Holly was beaten, sexually assaulted, and left for dead, but she survived.

Her survival would become an important part of the case against Reséndiz, a transient serial killer connected to murders across multiple states and eventually placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

But Holly Dunn’s story did not end…